Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) 2020 Annual Report, Review Letter, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, June 2021)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency reviews Arctic Diamond's 2020 Ekati Aquatic Effects Monitoring Plan Annual Report, noting reduced field activities due to COVID-19 and providing specific comments on mercury in fish tissues, under-ice oxygen depletion in Cujo Lake, and elevated potassium concentrations in Leslie Lake, with two recommendations for further investigation and mitigation.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Joseph Mackenzie, 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, Kodiak Lake, Cujo Lake, Misery mine, Leslie Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Koala watershed, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- aquatic effects monitoring, mercury, fish tissue body burdens, water quality, dissolved oxygen, under-ice oxygen concentrations, potassium, lake trout, chronic toxicity, molluscs, crustaceans, sediment quality
- Pages
- 2
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