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CEC Response CEC is currently awaiting the responses from both CDOW and USFWS for the program outlined. In the event that there are concerns about specific sites that may delay the balance of the program, CEC would then like to pursue the stipulation option. DMG Concern Adequacy 1) Please provide either: a) a list of landowners and mineral owners for each proposed drillhole, or bl a map showing landowners and mineral owners for the proposed permit area. CEC Response A copy of the requested maps showing the landowners and coal owners for the proposed drill sites are enclosed for your reference. Please note that some of the sites and associated landowners may change slightly in the subsequent drilling seasons as results of the initial holes are analyzed. CEC will submit the appropriate modification requests to the Division prior to implementing any changes in the proposed drill hole locations. A few sites have been shifted to better define areas of geologic interest, and the enclosed NOI map and legal description have been revised accordingly. DMG Concern 21 CEC states that reclamation activities will include filling mud pits, regrading, topsoil redistribution and seeding. Mention is also made of plugging monitoring wells which will be installed in some of the exploration boreholes. However, no mention is made of reclaiming the drillholes which are not converted into monitoring wells. Please provide a description of the methods to be used in reclaiming the drillholes. Include a description of how the three to four aquifers which CEC anticipates encountering will be sealed. CEC Response We apologize for the failure to call out the reclamation of holes not completed as wells as a separate segmerit. This resulted from the fact that we plan that exploration holes will be reclaimed in a manner identical to that used for the wells - i.e. the holes will be grouted or sealed with enviroplug from the bottom to within three feet of the surface, the casing will be cut of below grade, and the site will be graded, topsoiled, and re- seeded. Sealing of the three to four aquifers anticipated will be accomplished using cementitious grout ,with either enviroplug or grout being used in the zones between aquifers.