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<br />Drilling and Abandonment Information Required to be Submitted to the District Manager <br />One copy of the following must be submitted within 30 days after each calendar year: <br />1. Llthologlc and geophysical logs and any other logs of strata penetrated and <br />conditions encountered. <br />2. Analyses of coal and ocher pertinent tests. <br />3. Drill hole location map shoving license or lease boundary and coal crop lines. <br />~. list of hole numbers and depths drilled. <br />An abandonment report must be submitted after the drill holes have been properly <br />conditioned for abandonment or, if approved in advance, converted to monitoring wells. <br />The report should contain the following: <br />1. For abandoned holes, describe or illustrate the method by vhith each hole vas <br />plugged and conditioned for final abandonment. <br />2. For holes converted to monitoring yells, if approved as part of the e:ploraclon <br />plan, describe or illustrate the yell completion method (cementing, casing set, <br />perforation intervals, etc,), the aquifer(s) being monitored, amd the duration <br />of monitoring. <br />3. Status of reclamation of all disturbed areas. <br />~. List of hole numbers and depths drilled. <br />Abandonment inspections will be conducted upon completion of operations to determine if <br />drill holes are properly plugged and disturbed areas are reclaimed. Once the District <br />Tanager determines that the holes are adequately plugged and conditioned for abandonment <br />and reclamat:oa is acceptable, final abandonment approval viii be given by the District <br />"onager. <br />For drill holes Converted to monitoring veils, inspections will be made to determine it <br />the wells cre properly completed, drill sites are reclaimed, and access roads are <br />properly water-ba:red or otherwise maintained [o minimize erosion. <br />-'~e following shall be submitted within one year after the completion of drilling <br />operations: <br />Any coal reserve base, minable reserve base or recoverable coal reserves estimates <br />generated from the exploration license. <br />ITEH B <br />