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22TG3E3XC and 22TG4E4XC Sample Nole(s) Project Plan <br />Minor Revision 328 <br />Page 7 of II <br />PROPOSED ACCESS ROUTES <br />The access route for these wells will involve re-opening the previously permitted and <br />subsequently reclaimed road leading to the wells RAV-4B and 96-22-2. In addition, <br />approximately 2,500 feet of new road, 14-feet wide, will be needed to access the drill pad <br />location. This road alignment is depicted on the attached map <br />PRE-DRILLING ACTIVITIES <br />Construction and drilling activities will be supervised by a project representative of <br />Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. Any significant proposed changes in the project after <br />permit approval would be reviewed with the appropriate regulatory agencies before <br />changes take effect. <br />Staging areas to be used by the drilling contractor will be used in a manner to minimize <br />damage to the vegetation. Any surface disturbance to these sites will be re-graded and <br />seeded to promote rehabilitation. <br />Access routes will be maintained to accommodate full sized 4X4 pickup trucks, ATVs, <br />and required drilling equipment, including but not limited to the following: truck <br />mounted or skid mounted drill rig, air compressors and\or booster, rig-up truck, portable <br />water tanks, boom truck, utility trailer, drill pipe lay-down rack, and crew trucks. <br />Roads utilized in the project will be maintained with water bars and appropriate <br />sedimentation controls as required during the drilling phase. A D9 bulldozer or its <br />equivalent will be used to prepaze the road for travel and assist in mobilizing the drill <br />equipment to the drill sites. Additional equipment expected to be used in opening, <br />maintaining, and reclamation may include arubber-tired backhoe, rubber tired grader, <br />roller compactor and atrack-mounted excavator. <br />Brush removal may occur at the proposed drill sites however, if trees aze encountered, <br />MCC will remove the trees. A drill pad site of approximately 100 ft. x 200 ft. will be <br />constructed to accommodate the drill equipment and drill cuttings sump or mud pits. <br />Drill pads will be constructed only as lazge as necessary. <br />Topsoil will be stripped, stockpiled, and identified with a sign. Stored topsoil will be <br />placed in a sepazate pile; the pile will be located outside of drainages and placed in an <br />azea where it will be protected from wind erosion; signs identifying the pile as "Topsoil" <br />will be placed so as to prevent unintended contamination, compaction or use for other <br />than reclamation purposes; alternate sediment controls (slash, silt fence or straw wattles) <br />will be used; and the pile will be seeded in the first seeding season following its <br />construction using a seed mix that will stabilize erosion. This topsoil will be used in the <br />reclamation phase of the program. <br />Use of mud pits on or neaz the drill pad excavated in native soil. Mud pit dimensions <br />would be 20' x 20' x 6' to accommodate cuttings with 25% swell, the run-off associated <br />