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22TG3E32XC Project Plan ATnor Revision 32~ Page 8 of 10 DRILLING ACTIVII7ES Drilling activities for the proposed methane drainage wells will include mobilizing drill equipment to the sites and drilling and setting approximately 17 feet of 12-inch surface casing and 2,280 feet of 7-inch concrete casing into bedrock to a zone just above the coal seam, third entry. The hole will then be rotary drilled with a 6-inch diameter hole to the B-Seam. A depiction of a typical completed well will be forwarded to the CDMG along with the typical plug and abandonment diagram. Currently, MSHA is requiring monitoring and inspection of the well twice daily after installation It is anticipated the frequency of monitoring would decrease to a weekly monitoring and inspection of the installation. Routine maintenance will occur to the extent necessary, simultaneous with the weekly monitoring. PROPOSED DRII.L HOLE PLUGGING METHODS In accordance with the Coal Program Guidance Document -Methane Drainage and Monitoring Wells, MCC will plug and abandon these MDWs pet DMG Rules 2.05,4 and 4.073 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 ttemmie 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 existing pad will occur as described and approved in MR-295. ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE Drilling of these wells is anticipated to commence November 11, 2005 depending on drill rig availability and USFS approval. It will take approximately 3 days to drill and complete the hole and another week to perform interim reclamation The term of use is variable due to levels of gases found in the mine as a result of the drilling and the level of success of pumping water, foam, and nitrogen into the mine.