Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-Evaluation Plan, Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, March 2020)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency provides detailed comments on Dominion Diamond Mines' Ekati Aquatic Effects Monitoring Plan (AEMP) Re-Evaluation Plan, recommending continued monitoring of harvestable fish species, increased sampling frequency for contaminants, improved sediment sampling methods, inclusion of sediment-based benchmarks in the Aquatic Response Framework, and retention of dustfall and meteorological data in AEMP reporting.
- Date
- 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, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Sable watershed, Horseshoe Watershed, Koala watershed, Cujo watershed, King-Cujo watershed, Kodiak Lake, Leslie Lake, Jay project, Panda Diversion Channel, Main camp, LLCF
- Parameters
- aquatic effects monitoring, fish tissue contaminants, mercury, selenium, uranium, slimy sculpin, large-bodied fish, lake trout, round whitefish, fish health assessment, DELT program, Health Assessment Index, sediment quality, water quality, PCB, dioxins, furans, organochlorines, EROD induction, catch-per-unit-effort, benthic invertebrates, dustfall, meteorological data, Aquatic Response Framework, Fish Response Plan
- Pages
- 7
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