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ITEM B <br />Drilling and Abandonment Information <br />Required to be submitted to the Field Manager <br />One copy of the following must be submitted within 30 days after each calendar year: <br />1. Lithologic and geophysical logs and any other logs of strata penetrated <br />and conditions encountered. <br />2. Analyses of coal and other pertinent tests. <br />3. Drill hole location map showing license or lease boundary and coal crop <br />lines. <br />4. List of hole numbers and depths drilled. <br />An abandonment report must be submitted after the drill holes have been properly conditioned <br />for abandonment or, if approved in advance, converted to monitoring wells. The report should <br />contain the following: <br />1. For abandoned holes, describe or illustrate the method by which each hole <br />was plugged and conditioned for final abandonment. <br />2. For holes converted to monitoring wells, if approved as part of the exploration <br />plan, describe or illustrate the well completion method (cementing, casing set, <br />perforation intervals, etc.), the aquifer(s) being monitored, and the duration of <br />monitoring. <br />3. Status of reclamation of all disturbed areas. <br />4. List of hole numbers and depths drilled. <br />Abandonment inspections will be conducted upon completion of operations to determine if drill <br />holes are properly plugged and disturbed areas are reclaimed. Once the Field Manager <br />determines that the holes are adequately plugged and conditioned for abandonment and <br />reclamation is acceptable, final abandonment approval will be given by the Field Manager. <br />For drill holes converted to monitoring wells, inspections will be made to determine if the wells <br />are properly completed, drill sites are reclaimed, and access roads are properly water - barred or <br />otherwise maintained to minimize erosion. <br />The following shall be submitted within one year after the completion of drilling operations: <br />Any coal reserve base, minable reserve base or recoverable coal reserves estimates generated <br />from the exploration license. <br />