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~, drilling. This drill site is in a different location than was shown in the original NOI application. The condition ofthe site is as follows: OS-I,W-32 Drill site OS-LW-32 is located in an unmined azea adjacent to an existing road. The drill site will be built by removing the topsoil and storing it on the edge of the drill site. The size of this site will be approximately 100 feet squaze. The total land disturbed by this drill site will be approximately 0.23 acre. A reserve pit will be dug to contain drilling fluids that aze produced or used during the drilling process. Drilling equipment that will be moved onto the site will be attack-mounted drill rig, pipe trailer, water truck, supply trailer/dog-house, and two pick-up trucks. The upper portion of the drill hole will be drilled using rotary methods and the lower 260 feet of the hole will be core drilled. After the hole has been drilled, it will be geophysically logged. During the drilling process, all drilling fluids shall be contained in the reserve pit. 5. Describe Exploration Activities: At the drill site described above, topsoil will be removed using a backhoe blade and stockpiled at the end ofthe drill location. Drilling equipment that will be moved onto the site will be attack-mounted drill rig, pipe trailer, water truck, supply trailer/dog- house, and two pick-up trucks. The upper reaches ofthe hole shall be drilled to an approximate diameter of 10 inches to a depth that intersects bedrock (this includes drilling through spoil piles that may exist). Steel casing will then be inserted into the hole to stabilize the surface material. The hole will then be drilled using rotary methods to a depth approximately 20 feet above the coal seam of interest. At that point, core drilling will commence to retrieve core samples ofthe seams roofrock, coal seam and floor rock. The hole will be drilled to a point approximately 50 feet below the lowest mineable coal seam After completion of the drilling the hole will be geophysically logged using truck-mounted equipment. During the drilling process, all drilling fluids shall be contained in the reserve pit. After drilling and logging has been completed, the drill hole shall be abandoned in acwrdance with Colorado State well abandonment procedures. This will include the filling of the hole with approved well abandonment material to a point 10 feet below the land surface. A cement plug will then be placed in the hole above the well abandonment material to the surface. A steel mazker will be placed in the top of the cement plug. After the reserve pit has been back-filled, topsoil shall be spread back over the site and the ground reseeded using the seed mixture described in the original NOI-C:K-189-006 application.