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7. The access roads will be restored as closely as possible to the approximate <br />original contour with an uneven final surface, re-seeded, fertilized, and <br />mulched as above. A temporary seed mix as approved by the USFS may be <br />used to accommodate an intermediate seeding to help prevent erosion or <br />sedimentation and noxious weed infestation on road cuts and fills. <br />8. The drill pads and access roads reclamation procedure outlined above will <br />apply only to those areas newly disturbed for this proposed project. Existing <br />roads will be left in a condition equal to or better than that observed on <br />Mountain Coal Company's entry into the area or decommissioned according to <br />the specifications in the COA's. <br />9. Any coal-recovered incidental to this project will be in the form of cuttings or <br />core and would either be taken back to the mine site or disposed of in the mud <br />pits. <br />10. MCC will perform noxious weed eradication as needed on all roads and drill pads. <br />DRILL HOLE PLUGGING METHODS <br />In accordance with the recent Coal Program Guidance Document Methane Drainage and <br />Monitoring Wells, MDW wells will be plugged per DMG Rules 2.05.4 and 4.07.3 at the <br />minimum, recognizing that due to subsidence, damage to the casing may preclude setting a <br />packer within 50 feet of the perforated 7-inch casing. In such cases, the packer will be set at <br />the lowest possible point in the well. A cement plug will be installed with tremmie line <br />beginning at the plug and preceding a minimum of 50 feet up the well. From that point the <br />hole may be plugged to within 5 foot of the casing cut-off point with approved materials. <br />The top 5 feet of the well below the sub-surface casing cut-off point (3 feet below surface) <br />will be plugged with a cement cap. The top 3 foot of the casing will then be cutoff and <br />the hole filled in with subsoil. A permanent marker shall be installed on top of the plug <br />identifying the MDW. The pad will then be reclaimed to approximate original contour. <br />Associated drill roads will be obliterated per USFS direction. MCC does not have any <br />plans to plug any wells during this drilling season as <br />13 <br />