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22TG3E33XC and 22TG3E34XC Projed Plan Minor Revision 324 Page 9 of /2 PROPOSED DRILL HOLE PLUGGING METHODS In accordance with the Coal Program Guidance Document -Methane Drainage and Monitoring Wells, MCC will plug and abandon these MDWs per DMG Rules 2.05.4 and 4.07.3 at the minimum. A mechanical packer will be set at the lowest possible point in the well (note that subsidence damage to the casing may preclude access to the entire depth of the casing). Above this packer the hole will be plugged with CDMG approved materials to the bottom of the 5-foot cement surface cap using tremmie line. The top 5- feet of the well below the sub-surface casing cut-off point (3-feet below the surface) will be plugged with a cement cap. The top 3-feet of the casing will then be cut off and the hole filled in with subsoil. A permanent marker shall be installed on top of the plug identifying the well. The pad will then be reclaimed to approximate original contour. The Methane Drainage Well and other drilling experience for Mountain Coal Company has shown that no aquifers have yet been encountered. However, the procedures described above would serve to properly protect any aquifers that would be encountered. RECLAMATION PLAN Reclamation of the pad will follow when it is decided by MCC that the drill hole(s) are not performing their intended purpose. 1. Upon completion of each phase of activity at a given site, all debris, trash, and drilling related equipment, will be removed from the site. 2. When the mud pit or pits are sufficiently dry, they will be filled with stored sub-soil material and compacted to minimi~P any settling. 3. A backhce and a bulldozer will redistribrute material on and arornd the drill pad to achieve as closely as practicable the original contour of the site. The area will then be ripped or scarified. 4. Stored topsoil will be distributed as evenly as possible over the disturbed pad area. 5. The entire drill pad area and reclaimed roads will be re-seeded using the USFS/CDMG-agreed seed mix (described below) for reclamation purposes on National Forest Service lands (correspondence regarding MCC 2005 Annual Operating Plan dated May 13, 2005 from Levi Broyles, USFS to Mike Peacock, MCC).