Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (WROMP), Version 11, 2019 Seepage Survey Report, Reasons for Decision, Ekati Diamond Mine (Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board, March 2022)
The Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board issued a Reasons for Decision on March 15, 2022, approving Arctic Canadian Diamond Company's 2019 Seepage Survey Report but rejecting Version 11.0 of the Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (WROMP), requiring substantial revisions by May 30, 2022 to address water licence compliance issues related to seepage management and geochemical characterization.
- Date
- 2022-03-15
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Arctic Canadian Diamond Company Ltd., Environment and Climate Change Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories - Environment and Natural Resources, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wek'èezhìi Renewable Resources Board, Tłı̨chǫ Government, GNWT Inspector
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Cujo Lake, Lynx WRSA, Sable Pit, Jay Development, Yellowknife, Wekweètì, Calgary
- Parameters
- seepage, waste rock storage, ore storage, water quality, effluent quality criteria, acid rock drainage, neutralization potential, acid potential, geochemical characterization, rock sampling, metal leaching, receiving environment, unauthorized discharge, closure and reclamation, aquatic effects monitoring
- Pages
- 16
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