Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Version 3.1, Reasons for Decision, Ekati Diamond Mine (Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board, April 2024)
The Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board's decision letter rejecting Closure and Reclamation Plan Version 3.1 for the Ekati Diamond Mine and establishing requirements for future submissions, including component-specific final CRPs for Pigeon Development, closure criteria advancement, reclamation research reports, and a back-flooding plan for the Pigeon Pit.
- Date
- 2024-04-12
- Document type
- letter
- Parties
- Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Government of Northwest Territories - Environment and Climate Change, TłĮchọ Government, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Mine, Northwest Territories, Wekweètì, Yellowknife, Calgary, Pigeon Development, Pigeon Open Pit, Pigeon Waste Rock Storage Area, Point Lake, Upper Exeter Lake, Misery, Pigeon Stream, Pigeon Pit Lake
- Parameters
- closure and reclamation planning, closure criteria, water quality, reclamation research, progressive reclamation, waste rock storage areas, thermal modelling, seepage modelling, back-flooding, landscape aesthetics, permafrost, security adjustment, engagement, closure objectives, WRSA cover design, metasediments, Effective Neutralization Potential
- Pages
- 24
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