Comments on Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Version 3.1, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, November 2023)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency provides detailed comments and recommendations on Arctic Canadian Diamond Mine Ltd's Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan Version 3.1 (ICRP v3.1) for the Ekati Diamond Mine, addressing closure principles, long-term liability estimates, water quality criteria, waste rock management, pit lake reclamation, financial security, and adaptive management frameworks.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Arctic Canadian Diamond Mine Ltd, Burgundy Diamonds Mines Limited, Dominion Diamond Mines ULC, Honourable Shane Thompson, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Government of Northwest Territories, Canadian Dam Association
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac du Sauvage, Point Lake, Pigeon Pit, Fox Pit, Lynx Pit, Beartooth Pit, Panda/Koala Pit, Koala Pit, Pigeon Stream, Pigeon Stream Diversion, Long Lake Containment Facility, Diavik Diamond Mine
- Parameters
- closure and reclamation planning, water quality, water balance modelling, pit lake closure, waste rock storage areas, processed kimberlite containment, caribou movement, wildlife safety, contaminated soil remediation, acid rock drainage, geochemical characterization, dam safety, littoral zone design, fish habitat creation, landscape aesthetics, financial security, closure costs, post-closure monitoring, climate change impacts, seismic design criteria, flood design criteria
- Pages
- 21
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