Wastewater and Processed Kimberlite Management Plan (WPKMP) Version 8.0 and Panda Koala Deposition Study, Agency Comments, Ekati Diamond Mine (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, November 2018)
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency submits detailed comments on Dominion Diamond Ekati ULC's Wastewater Processed Kimberlite Management Plan version 8.0 and Panda Koala Deposition Study, recommending contingent approval of Panda and Koala pits as processed kimberlite containment areas pending confirmation of insufficient capacity in existing facilities and raising concerns about freshwater cap depth, monitoring frequency, ammonia/nitrate exclusion, and modelling assumptions.
- Date
- Document type
- Letter
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Joseph Mackenzie, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Dominion Diamond Ekati ULC, Golder Associates, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Łutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Tłı̨cho Government, North Slave Metis Alliance, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Government of the Northwest Territories, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility, Beartooth Pit, Exeter Lake, Snap Lake
- Parameters
- processed kimberlite management, fine processed kimberlite, water quality, pit lake closure, freshwater cap, ammonia, nitrate, aluminum, water quality benchmarks, consolidation modelling, waste rock containment, porewater, source terms, closure and reclamation, operational monitoring
- Pages
- 7
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