The Big Picture, Contaminated Sites in the NWT (DIAND, 2004)
This comprehensive informational document published by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada describes eleven contaminated sites across the Northwest Territories resulting from past mining and military operations, detailing the contamination issues, ongoing remediation efforts, and future management plans for each site. The document emphasizes the federal government's commitment to cleaning up these sites to protect human health and the environment, and outlines new policies and legislation designed to prevent similar contamination from future industrial activities.
- Date
- 2004
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND), Contaminants and Remediation Directorate (CARD), Royal Oak Mines Inc., Tlicho people, Tli Cho Logistics, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Sahtu Land and Water Board, Fort Providence Resource Management Board, Canada-Déline Uranium Table (CDUT), Health Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Colomac Mine, Tundra Mine, Rayrock Mine, Discovery Mine, Silver Bear Properties, Contact Lake Mine, Port Radium Mine, Axe Point Military Site, Kittigazuit Military Site, Atkinson Point Military Site, Baker Creek, Great Bear Lake, Giauque Lake, Russell Lake, Mackenzie River, Great Slave Lake, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Déline, Fort Providence, Tuktoyaktuk, Inuvik, Rae, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- arsenic trioxide, contamination, tailings, water quality, cyanide, ammonia, mercury, uranium, radioactive materials, metals, hydrocarbons, PCBs, DDT, acid rock drainage, remediation, mine closure, environmental monitoring, groundwater, radiation levels, tailings ponds
- Pages
- 72
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