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pits will be dug at each location to receive water that may be produced from each hole. The <br />drill hole plugging procedure will prevent pollution of any ground water intercepted. Damage <br />to air quality, wildlife and wildlife habitat are unlikely due to the proposed limited access and <br />short term nature of the exploration program. Hazards to public health and safety are <br />essentially non-existent due to the nature of the equipment and the remote location. <br />Blue Mountain Energy, Inc. will designate a representative that will be assigned to the drilling <br />unit and will be on site during all field operations. <br />Access to the drill sites will be from a combination of existing roads and a new overland trail. <br />Approximately 810' of new trail would be needed for proposed new access (see attached map). <br />Vegetation will be cleared from the route to minimize the threat of fires when warranted. <br />The drill hole locations will be prepared by removing vegetation and topsoil from the drilling <br />site. Each drill pad will be about 75' by 120' in size. Drill site W-2 and access has already <br />been constructed as part of NOI #X-2007-230-00 but not drilled. Mud pits to contain drilling <br />fluids will be constructed adjacent to the drill pad. Holes will be drilled with 5-1/4 or 5-5/8 <br />inch diameter bits using air with mist injection and/or water and drilling mud as dictated by <br />hole conditions. Cuttings samples will be obtained and described. Drilling depths will range <br />from a projected 605 to 615 feet. Total depth of each hole will be below the targeted `B' <br />seam. Detailed down hole geophysical logs will be obtained at each hole. Coring may be <br />conducted at some of the holes. <br />All drill holes will be grout-cemented through coal-bearing strata, with cement extending 50 <br />feet above and below the mineable coal bed. The remainder of the hole will be backfilled with <br />cuttings and mud to ten (10) feet or greater below the surface. The hole will then be grout- <br />cemented to the original ground surface. A 2 to 3 foot length of tubing will be cemented into <br />the top of each hole extending less than 8" above the surface and will serve as the hole <br />monument. Aluminum or brass caps marked with the hole identification number will be <br />cemented into the top of the hole monument. <br />Reclamation of disturbed areas will be initiated and completed shortly following site <br />abandonment. Drill sites will be recontoured and seeded. Seed rates of pounds per live seed <br />per acre for broadcasting are shown in Item #Sb. <br />Access routes that did not previously exist will be scarified and seeded. Water bars will be <br />constructed where necessary. Cuts will be pushed back to approximate original contours. <br />Item #5 b. <br />1) Drill sites will be approximately 75' X 120', or 0.193 acres each plus mud pit for a total of <br />0.21 acres per location. Topsoil will be salvaged from the drill sites and mud pit locations and <br />stored immediately adjacent to the site. No topsoil salvage will occur along the access route. <br />The drill pad and access for site W2 was developed per NOI X-2007-230-00. No <br />additional disturbance will be associated with this site. <br />2) Drill sites will be located on relatively flat areas. An average of approximately 100 CY of <br />material will be moved during drill site construction (100 CY total). The new access routes <br />