Seepage Survey Report, Agency Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, June 2019)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency provides detailed comments on Dominion Diamond Mines' 2018 Seepage Survey Report, recommending establishment of a new reference station unimpacted by mine activities, clarification of 'receiving environment' definitions, development of an adaptive management framework for seepage, and addressing data gaps and uncertainties in waste rock storage monitoring.
- Date
- 2019-06-14
- 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, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Bearclaw Lake, Little Reynolds Pond, Pigeon WRSA, Panda WRSA, Koala WRSA, Beartooth WRSA, Fox WRSA, Lynx WRSA, Lynx Crusher Pad, Waste Rock Dam Pond, Misery WRSA, CPKSP
- Parameters
- seepage monitoring, water quality, reference station, mine-related dust, fugitive dust deposition, receiving environment, effluent quality criteria, total suspended solids, total arsenic, dissolved aluminum, waste rock management, closure planning, adaptive management, ground temperature, active layer thickness, thermal characteristics
- Pages
- 4
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