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9.0 RECLAMATION PROCEDURES <br />9.1 Drill Hole Plugging <br />All drill holes will be grout-cemented through coal-bearing strata, with cement extending 50 <br />feet above and below the minable coal bed. The remainder of the hole will be backfilled with <br />cuttings and mud to ten feet below the surface. The hole will then be grout-cemented to the <br />original ground surface. A 2 to 3 ft. length of tubing will be cemented into the top of each hole <br />extending less than 8" above the surface and will serve as the hole monument. Aluminum <br />caps marked with the hole identification number will be cemented into the top of the hole <br />monument. <br />9.2 Surface Reclamation <br />Reclamation of disturbed areas will be initiated following site abandonment in mid-late summer <br />or fall. Drill hole sites will be recontoured and seeded. Access roads that did not previously <br />exist will be scarified and seeded. Water bars will be constructed where necessary. <br />Seed rates of pounds per live seed per acre for broadcasting are shown in Table 9-1. <br />10.0 EXPLORATION SCHEDULE <br />BME intends to drill five of the proposed holes between the fall of 2008. Drilling of subsequent <br />holes is anticipated during the spring through fall 2010. We anticipate to average about one <br />exploration hole per week. Schedules are tentative based on approval timeframes, driller <br />availability, weather, stipulations, budgets, etc. <br />11