Air Quality Monitoring Program (AQMP) Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (Dominion Diamond, March 2018)
This is the 2017 Air Quality Monitoring Program report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, covering monitoring data from 2015 to 2017. The report presents results from seven monitoring components including meteorological data, air emissions and greenhouse gas calculations, ambient air quality monitoring, dustfall monitoring, acid and metal deposition, snow chemistry, and lichen tissue sampling, demonstrating that mine effects on air quality are limited to approximately 1 km for fugitive dust and 15 km for smaller particles.
- Date
- 2018-03-31
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Dominion Diamond Ekati ULC, Dominion Diamond Mines, ERM Consultants Canada Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Government of Northwest Territories Environment and Natural Resources, Yellowknifes Dene First Nation, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Tli Cho Government, Deninu Kue First Nation, Fort Resolution Metis Council, BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Maxxam Analytics Ltd.
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Calgary, Alberta, Yellowknife, Koala Pit, Koala North Pit, Fox Pit, Beartooth Pit, Panda Pit, Pigeon Pit, Lynx Pit, Jay Pit, Misery Pit, Sable Pit, Misery Haul Road, Lynx Road, Jay Road, Sable Road, Fox Haul Road, Grizzly Lake, Polar Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Lac de Gras, Mackenzie District, Lupin airport
- Parameters
- air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, particulate matter, total suspended particulate (TSP), PM2.5, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxide, nitrogen oxides, fugitive dust, dustfall, acid deposition, metal deposition, snow chemistry, lichen tissue, meteorology, temperature, precipitation, wind speed, wind direction, ammonia, nitrate, sulphate, chromium, aluminum, total suspended solids, CALPUFF air dispersion model, emissions calculations
- Pages
- 108
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