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22TG3E32XC ProjeM Plan tlTnar Revision 325 Page 2 ofl0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed project consists of drilling up to one (1) hole, and well to initially facilitate monitoring/sampling, and then injection of water, foam, and nitrogen into a hotspot, if required, in the B Seam. The proposed well is in Section 23, of T.13S, R90W, 6m Principal Meridian, Gunnison County, Colorado. The proposed project is within the current permitted coal mining area (Permit Number C-80-007) and on land surface managed by the USFS. The well will be located on Federal Coal (BLM) Lease COC- 056447. The well number is 22TG3E32XC. The well will be drilled in the area approved under TR-96 and subsequent approvals for the annual operating plans i.e. MR-295 (2003), and MR-306 (2005) for Methane Drainage Wells. MCC's overall plan for drilling and reclaiming MDWs was originally approved by CDMG on 15 July 2002 as Technical Revision 96 -Project Plan for Methane Drainage Wells for Panels 16, 17, 175, 18-24. The Forest Service performed an Environmental Assessment of MCC's Methane Drainage Wells Plan, and approval was received is the Decision Notice and Finding of No SigniScant Impact, May 31, 2002. This proposed well is in the overall project area but was not proposed for inclusion in the US Forest Service reviews. As such, this well is the subject of this separate IvTinor Revision Because this well is on US Forest Service managed lands, US Forest Service approval of its installation will be required. The attached Typical Drill Hole Diagram depicts the alignment and details of the proposed methane drainage well. SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY The elevations of the proposed borehole location range from approximately 8300 ft to 8400 ft. The terrain is comprised of steep slopes and mesa tops formed within the Wasatch and Mesa Verde Formations and the colluvium and alluvium layers of the slope debris. The principle drainages in this area are unnamed tributaries to Deep Creek that is tributary to Raven Creek that is tributary to the North Fork of the Gunnison River. GEOLOGY The proposed Project would include drilling along the southeastern edge of the Piceance Basin within the Somerset Coal Field, occurring on the Somerset U.S.G.S. 7 1/2-minute quadrangle map. Initial geological work, in this area was, completed by W. T. Lee (1912), who reported his Endings in, "Coal Fields of Grand Mesa and the West Elk Mountains, Colorado" (USGS Bufletin 510). Later in 1948, Ward H. Johnson published a USGS map of the