Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Fish Response Plan Version 1.2, Phosphorus Response Plan Version 1.3, and Chloride Response Plan Version 1.2, Agency Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, January 2019)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency provides detailed comments on Dominion Diamond Ekati's Fish Version 1.2, Phosphorus Version 1.3, and Chloride Version 1.2 response plans, recommending improvements to water quality modeling, fish tissue monitoring protocols, action level thresholds, and consideration of organochlorine contamination and sediment sources in aquatic effects assessment.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Joseph Mackenzie, Dominion Diamond Ekati 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, Long Lake Containment Facility, Koala Watershed, Leslie Lake, Slipper Lake, Kodiak Lake, Nema Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- water quality, phosphorus, chloride, fish health, EROD activity, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organochlorines, dioxins, furans, antimony, molybdenum, uranium, selenium, chlorinated phenols, fish tissue contamination, sediment contamination, aquatic effects monitoring, water management model
- Pages
- 3
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