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Page Two Drilling operations are scheduled to begin as soon as all necessary permits are obtained. Assuming no delays due to poor weather, the drilling operations should be completed within two weeks. Reseeding of the drill sites will be completed immediately thereafter. Activities will be conducted during dry weather to avoid any unnecessary damage to the area. In addition, work will not be conducted past November-1, unless permission is obtained from the U. S. Forest Service District Ranger. To avoid disturbance to the area, the proposed drill sites have been located immediately adjacent to• the Di`,y~';~Fork access road, thus no new road construction or disburbance to the'.Proposed drill sites will be necessary -- the-.drill rig will simply be backed up off of the main road and the wells drilled. In addition, drill pads will not be constructed. Instead, WECC proposes to brush the vegetation, if necessary, in the immediate area of each drill site. Proposed drill sites are-in grassy meadows on the roadside and should have little or no vegetation to be cut or removed. The wells will be rotary-drilled using air or an air/biodegradable foam combination. Hay bales will be used if necessary to control the discharge .of the biodegradable foam. Drill cuttings will be scattered to a .depth of less than one inch over the drill site upon completion of drilling. Any trash generated during the drilling operations will be transported to a local landfill for disposal. Approved spark arresters will be used on all combustible engines used on the job. If water is encountered during the operations, flows of 10 gallons per minute or less will be discharged on the surface in such a manner that erosion will not occur. Flows over 10 gallons per minute of water will either be contained or sprayed in such a manner that erosion will not occur. If sufficient water is encountered, WECC and the District Ranger will work together to determine and implement methods to make this water available to cattle and wildlife. As indicated, the Dry Fork access road was recently regraded. Thus, no upgrading of the road will be necessary. However, should the U.S. Forest Service require that road maintenance be conducted on its roads, such work will be conducted in accordance with appropriate standards stipulated by the District Ranger. Right-of-way widths of existing roads on National Forest land will be maintained as they presently exist. Upon completion of the drilling activity, the areas where the holes were drilled will be reseeded if necessary using the permanent seed mix approved by the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Division as part of the Mt. Gunnison Mining and Reclamation Plan. When use of these monitoring wells are no longer necessary, each well will be plugged with a five-foot cement plug.