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ATTACHMENT E <br />J-BIRD PROJECT AREA RECLAMATION <br />Reclamation of the drill holes and drill pads will be conducted in the following manner: <br />Drill holes will be plugged and abandoned after the drilling is complete and the holes <br />have been logged. The holes will be abandoned by the following method: if wet, the aquifer <br />zone will be sealed off and isolated from other parts of the hole with a cement grout, cement/ <br />bentonite mix or "abandonite" that will be placed to levels at least 50-ft above and below the top <br />and bottom of the aquifer. If multiple aquifers are encountered, the hole will be sealed bottom to <br />top. For dry holes, the hole will be back-filled with cuttings and a 5-feet thick cement cap will <br />be placed at the top of the hole. In all cases where there is a soil layer, the cement plug will be <br />topped off at about 12 inches below grade, or at the soil/bedrock contact, whichever is deepest, <br />and native soil will be used to cover the hole and the cement plug. If the hole is directly on <br />bedrock, the cement plug at the top will be topped off flush with the top of the bedrock. <br />Drill cuttings will be back-filled into the drill holes and the remainder will be spread <br />evenly and thinly on the surface and raked into the native soil. <br />Once the drill holes have been reclaimed, the drill- hole pads will be scarified, manually <br />seeded, then raked or dragged to assure good germination conditions. The seed mix will be a <br />BLM-approved native seed mixture in Attachment F. <br />The majority of the drill sites are located on existing road prisms, while a few are located <br />just off roads or in clearings, but within the 400sq.ft. pad size. One section of road needs minor <br />repair and is described in DRMS prospecting permit III.6.D., as well as attachment A in table 1. <br />All sites are on level areas where cut and fill are not required. Therefore, soil will not need to be <br />removed or stockpiled. Vehicular traffic and staging equipment will remain within drill pads and <br />road prisms. Any disturbance created beyond the edge of the road will be smoothed and/ or re- <br />contoured to its original state. <br />All flagging, staking or any other markings will be cleaned up and removed prior to final <br />departure from the site. <br />BlueRock Energy Corp. <br />J-Bird Exploration Project <br />05/19/2008