Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (WROMP) Version 9.0, Sable Waste Rock Storage Area Design Report, Agency Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, May 2018)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency submits detailed comments on Dominion Diamond's Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan version 9.0 and Sable Waste Rock Storage Area Design Report version 2.0, providing nine recommendations addressing seepage containment, acid rock drainage potential, design capacity, geotechnical investigations, adaptive management, and documentation updates.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Joseph Mackenzie, Dominion Diamond, 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, Sable pit, Horseshoe watershed, Two Rock Sedimentation Pond, Ulu Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- waste rock storage areas, seepage quality, ground temperature, thermal monitoring, acid rock drainage, sulfur concentrations, neutralizing potential, carbonate carbon, NP/AP ratio, geotechnical stability, factors of safety, adaptive management, closure conditions, design capacity
- Pages
- 3
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