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Methane Drainage Wells Project Plan Technical Revision 101; Holes 19-09, 19-10 and 19.11 Page 2 of 14 DRILL HOLES 19-09,19-10,19-11 PROJECT PLAN (8-Sep-OS) Technical Revision Number 101 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed project consists of drilling three (3} methane drainage wells (MDWs) to facilitate mining in the B Seam (Drill Holes 19-09, 19-10, and 19-11). The proposed wells are in Section 15, of T.13S, R.90W, 6`t` Principal Meridian, Gunnison County, Colorado. The proposed project is within the current permitted coal mining area (Permit Number C-80-007) and on land surface owned by Mountain Coal Co., L.L.C. Hole 19-09 is on Federal Coal (BLM) Lease COC-056447; Holes 19-10 and 19-11 aze on Fee Coal owned by MCC. Mountain Coal Company (MCC) is the land surface owner for the drill sites and the associated light use roads. MCC's overall plan for drilling and reclaiming MDWs was originally approved by CDMG on 15 July 2002 as Technical Revision 96 -Project Plan for Methane Drainage Wells for Panels 16, 17, 17S, 18-24. The Forest Service performed an Environmental Assessment of MCC's Methane Drainage Wells Plan, and approval was received in the Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact, May 31, 2002. The three proposed MDWs (19-09, 19-10 and 19-11) are part of this overall project but were not proposed for inclusion in the US Forest Service reviews. As such, these wells are the subject of this separate Technical Revision. Because these wells are not on US Forest Service managed lands, a US Forest Service review of their installation is not required. The attached Proposed B Seam MDWs surface map at a scale of 1" = 1000' depicts the general locations of proposed drill pads, methane drainage wells, and the new road. These maps also show the proposed MDWs in relation to the land ownership, mine permit and lease boundaries and other mine features. SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY The elevations of the proposed borehole locations range from approximately 6550 ft. at drill hole pad 19-10 and 19-11, to approximately 7,110 ft. at 19-09. The terrain is comprised of steep slopes and mesa tops formed within the Wasatch and Mesa Verde Formations and the colluvium and alluvium layers of the slope debris. The principle drainages in this azea are unnamed tributaries to either Sylvester Gulch or the North Fork of the Gunnison River. GEOLOGY The proposed Project would include drilling along the southeastern edge of the Piceance Basin within the Somerset Coal Field, occurring on the Somerset U.S.G.S. 7 1/2-minute quadrangle map.