Responses to Reviewers' Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Designing and Implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (DIAND, June 2009)
This document presents written responses from INAC to comments received from 12 reviewers on draft Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Guidelines for the Northwest Territories, addressing concerns about Traditional Knowledge integration, harmonization with EEM programs, regulatory framework clarity, and methodological approaches for pristine northern environments.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Water Resources Division, D.D. MacDonald, MacDonald Environmental Sciences Ltd., B. Zajdlik, Zajdlik & Associates Inc., Golder Associates, Environmental Monitoring Advisory Board, GNWT Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Rio Tinto - Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., North Slave Métis Alliance, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Land and Water Boards of the Mackenzie Valley, BHP Billiton, Sahtu Land and Water Board, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Nanaimo, Rockwood, Mackenzie Valley, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Nunavut, Yukon, Mackenzie River, Colomac mine
- Parameters
- aquatic effects monitoring, water quality, environmental assessment, traditional knowledge, aquatic ecosystems, contaminants, stressors, fish, groundwater, surface water, chloride, effluent standards, water use, baseline studies, aquatic biota, cumulative effects, adaptive management, Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM), Data Quality Objectives (DQOs), problem formulation, human health
- Pages
- 48
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