Can residents and livestock remain living next to the recovery site during ISR?
Yes, absolutely. The areas surrounding the permit areas will remain safe for all activities and residents, just as they are today. The suspension of any activities by the landowner is only within the operating area, where the drilling rigs, vehicles, wells, monitoring equipment and backhoes are treated as industrial equipment and restricted to qualified personnel only for the safety reasons just like any industrial site. ISR production also consists of a well field, which contains numerous water wells usually spaced at approximately 100 feet apart or closer. These wells are constructed from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and livestock can damage the well head that is exposed above the surface. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will attest to the fact that areas adjacent to the operating permit areas will be as safe for all activity as before mining.
