Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) 2019 Annual Report, Agency Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, December 2020)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency reviews Dominion Diamond Mines' 2019 Ekati Aquatic Effects Monitoring Plan Annual Report and provides six recommendations addressing concerns about dissolved oxygen in Cujo Lake, elevated selenium levels in fish tissues downstream of mining facilities, and mercury benchmarks in the Fish Response Plan that may not adequately protect Indigenous fish harvesters.
- Date
- 2020-12-02
- Document type
- letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Joseph Mackenzie, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Dominion Diamond Mines ULC, Tłı̨cho Government, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Government of the Northwest Territories, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Cujo Lake, Counts Lake, Nanuq Lake, White Lake, East-Main basin, Leslie Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Diavik Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- dissolved oxygen, aquatic effects monitoring, selenium in sediment, selenium in fish tissue, fish health, mercury in fish, methylmercury, water quality, sediment quality, benthic invertebrates, bioaccumulation, fish consumption rates, aquatic response framework, fish response plan
- Pages
- 4
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