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• INTRODUCTION <br />Ark Land Company (ALC) has prepared this Exploration Plan in accordance with the <br />requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 43, Chapter II, Subpart 3410. The <br />proposed exploration area covers lands in Gunnison County, Colorado, within which ALC plans <br />to conduct an exploration drilling program, as described herein, to evaluate the reserves and <br />quality of coal seams within the Mesa Verde Formation. <br />To better assure that all items are addressed, this document follows the outline headings as <br />depicted in Subpart 3410 of the Code of Federal Regulations. Three copies of the document, as <br />well as the application fee are included wi+hin this application packa7e. <br />The information contained in this Exploration Plan demonstrates that environmental protection <br />and reclamation are integral parts of the proposed exploration program, and that reclamation will <br />be performed in tandem with exploration activities. Sufficient information is provided in the <br />Exploration Plan to demonstrate the effectiveness of ALC's proposed reclamation method. <br />Ark Land will not conduct coal exploration activities on the lands identified in this application. <br />Exploration will be undertaken by an affiliated company, Mountain Coal Company, L.L.C. <br />("MCC"). MCC has mined coal in the Somerset Coal Field of Gunnison County and Delta <br />County, Colorado since 1982. Both Ark Land and MCC are indirect, wholly owned subsidiaries <br />• of Arch Coal, Inc. <br />Ark Land is a corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of <br />Delaware, and has as its principal business address, City Place One, St. Louis, Missouri 63141 <br />(43 CFR § 3472.1-1(c)). <br /> <br />