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ITEM 5A: The fifty two (52) exploration drill holes will be drilled with a truck <br />mounted drilling rig (comparable in size to a Gardner Denver 1000 or 1500). All drilling <br />will be done with air/mist/foam and the rig will have a mud pump to facilitate mixing and <br />pumping mud for hole plugging and abandonment. Cuttings will be used in plugging the <br />holes and will be collected and described (lithology) for five-foot intervals. <br />Drilling will commence with a 5-1/8" or 5-1/4" diameter pilot hole through the coal to <br />approximately twenty feet below the coal seam. Immediately after the holes are drilled, a <br />bentonite slurry (drilling mud: 50 second Marsh funnel viscosity) will be pumped into the <br />hole for purposes of conditioning and stabilizing the hole. The rig will then move off the <br />hole. Each hole will then be logged with geophysical tools (natural gamma ray, gamma- <br />gamma density, resistivity, and caliper). Soon after the drilling has been completed, about <br />one out of every five holes will be "twinned" and core drilled through the coal. <br />No topsoil leveling or removal will be necessary at drilling locations or for drilling rig <br />access. Access will be by highway or overland travel designed to minimize surface <br />disturbance. <br />All drill holes will be plugged and sealed immediately after completion of drilling and <br />logging. Cuttings from drilling will be placed in drill holes excess cuttings will be <br />disposed of or removed. All drilling sites will be cleared of any trash or debris and left in <br />neat and orderly fashion. <br />ITEM 5.B.1: None <br />ITEM 5.B.2: None <br />ITEM 5.B.3: For non-irrigated areas, a dry-land pasture mix will be used consisting of the <br />following species and distributions: <br />Slender wheatgrass at 8 PLS/acre <br />Desert wheatgrass at 4 PLS/acre <br />Western wheatgrass at 8 PLS/acre <br />Orchardgrass at 1.5 PLS/acre <br />Canada bluegrass at l PLS/acre <br />Irrigated areas will be seeded with an irrigated pasture mix consisting of the following species <br />and distributions <br />Meadow brome at 6 PLS/acre <br />Orchardgrass at 2 PLS/acre <br />Alfalfa at 2 PLS/ acre <br />All sites will be seeded via hand broadcasting. <br />ITEM 5.B.4: See Attached Table 1