Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-evaluation Report and Point Lake Development AEMP Design Plan, Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, February 2023)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency submits detailed comments on Arctic Canadian Diamond Company's 2022 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program Re-evaluation Report and Point Lake Development AEMP Design Plan for the Ekati mine, raising concerns about data analysis methodology, fish sampling protocols, benthic invertebrate classification, metal monitoring in food chains, and nutrient-phytoplankton relationships.
- Date
- 2023-02-28
- Document type
- letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Mason Mantla, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Limited, 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, Horseshoe Lake, Horseshoe Watershed, Ulu Lake, Sable waste rock storage area, Long Lake Containment Facility, Moose Lake, Slipper Lake, Koala Watershed, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- water quality, aquatic effects monitoring, Principal Component Analysis, chloride, selenium, large-bodied fish, small-bodied fish, Slimy Sculpin, lake trout, sediment quality, plankton, benthos, benthic invertebrates, zooplankton, metal concentrations, contaminants, phytoplankton, nitrogen, Low Action Level, Aquatic Response Framework
- Pages
- 3
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