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05/24/2005 10:56 9709295595 WEST ELK PAGE 02 ;t;-^ . ~1~~ `~ ~~~ti~L6.C; A Svbaidimy of Arab 9leuaeo Re6dveez, l.1.C May 24, 2005 RECEIVED MAY 2 4 2005 Division o(Mirrerals snd GeWoBY Mr. James Burnell Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology (CDMG) Office of Mined Land Reclamation 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215 Denver, Colorado 80203 West Elk Mine P O Box 591 S l74 riighwey f 33 Somerset, CQ Si434 (97D) 929-5015 Fax (970) 929-5595 Re: Moantain Coat Company LLC (MCC), West Elk Mine; Permit No. C-St1.007; IVlinor levision No. 308 (MR-308), One Methane Arainage Well (MAW} (Zd-05A) on Pad 24-05. Dear Mr. Burnell, As a result of the Division's review and our telephone conversation of May 24, 2005, MCC is submitting this additional ioformation far Minor Revision No. 308. MDW 24-05A will be drilled on the existing 24-05 drill pad, approved in 2004 as part of the Annual Operating Plan Minor Revision No. 302. Sediment control will be placed to control runoff and the water will be conveyed as much as possible to a new mud pit. Sediment control design and the demonsiratlon will be the same as the 24-05 pad in the 2004 Annual Operating Plan. The mudpii will be located on the existing pad and constructed in subsoil. if any topsail is encountered, MCC will place it in the existing topsoil pile and user the USFS approved seed mix for revegetation. MCC will plug and abandon this MDW per DMG Rules 2.05.4 and 4.07.3, a mechanical packer will be set at the lowest possible point in the well. Prom that point the hole may be plugged to within 5-feet of the casing cut-off point with CDMG approved rnaterials. The top 5-feet of the well below the sub- surfacecasing cut-off point (3-feet below the surface) will be plugged with a cement cap. The top 3- feet ofthe casing will then be cut off and the hale Pilled in with subsoil. A permanent marker shall be installed on top of the plug identifying the MDW. The pad will then be reclaimed to approximate original contour. The area has been previously disturbed. MCC requested approval from the USFS in a letter dated May 23, 2005, to Mr. Levi Broyles, Re: Mountaitt Coal Company LLC (MCC}, West Ells Mine; Permit No. C-80-007; Methane Drainage Well (MDWs) 2005 Annual Operating Plan ,Amendment, and has received that approval May 24, 2005. Tentatively, MCC will begin drilling this well (24-05A) as soon as the minor revision to the pemlit is approved.