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AEMP Technical Guidance Document, Volume 6 — Data Evaluation, Analysis, Interpretation and Reporting (MVLWB, 2009)
1 June 2009Report
This AEMP Technical Guidance Document Volume 6 provides recommended procedures for evaluating, compiling, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data collected under Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs for development projects in the Northwest Territories. The document outlines data quality criteria, database management standards, analytical approaches, and communication tools for disseminating AEMP results to regulatory boards and stakeholders.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality Benthic Invertebrates
AEMP Technical Guidance Document, Volume 2 — Guidelines for Designing and Implementing AEMPs in the NWT (MVLWB, June 2009)
1 June 2009Report
Technical guidance document providing recommended procedures for problem formulation to support the design of Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs for development projects in the Northwest Territories, including eight-step process for identifying stressors, evaluating effects, characterizing exposure pathways, and selecting assessment endpoints.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Water Quality Monitoring
AEMP Technical Guidance Document, Volume 4 (GNWT, 2009)
1 June 2009Report
A technical guidance document providing comprehensive recommendations for designing and implementing aquatic effects monitoring programs (AEMPs) for development projects in the Northwest Territories. The document outlines five main steps: selecting appropriate monitoring program designs (control-impact, before-after, gradient, and regional reference designs), choosing sampling locations, determining effect sizes, calculating sample sizes, and establishing sampling frequencies, along with considerations for statistical analysis, reference station selection, and program evaluation.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Monitoring
Guidelines for Designing and Implementing an Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program in the NWT, Plain Language Summary (DIAND, June 2009)
1 June 2009Report
Guidelines developed by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for designing and implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (AEMPs) for large-scale development projects in the Northwest Territories, including an eight-step framework that integrates Traditional Knowledge and western science to monitor impacts on the water environment.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality
AEMP Technical Guidance Document, Volume 1 — Recommended Procedures for Identifying Issues and Concerns (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, June 2009)
1 June 2009Report
This AEMP Technical Guidance Document provides recommended procedures for designing and implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs for development projects in the Northwest Territories, focusing on the process for identifying issues and concerns associated with proposed developments. It outlines key steps including project description preparation, identification of interested parties, compilation of background watershed data, and consultation with Aboriginal governments and stakeholders.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality
AEMP Technical Guidance Document, Volume 3 — Data Quality Objectives and Conceptual Study Design (Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, June 2009)
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A technical guidance document providing recommended procedures for designing and implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (AEMP) for development projects in the Northwest Territories, with detailed instructions on developing Data Quality Objectives and conceptual study designs through a seven-step systematic planning process.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality
Responses to Reviewers' Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Designing and Implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (DIAND, June 2009)
1 June 2009Report
This document presents written responses from INAC to comments received from 12 reviewers on draft Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Guidelines for the Northwest Territories, addressing concerns about Traditional Knowledge integration, harmonization with EEM programs, regulatory framework clarity, and methodological approaches for pristine northern environments.
Aquatics Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Water Quality Correspondence
Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Regulatory Case File, Ekati Diamond Mine (WLWB, 2006 to 2009)
3 February 2009Report
A collection of documents from January-February 2009 regarding BHP Billiton's Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) for Ekati Diamond Mine, including the working group meeting agenda for February 3-4, 2009, and detailed comments from regulators, environmental monitors, and Indigenous communities on closure objectives, reclamation research, wildlife habitat, and post-closure monitoring.
Closure & Reclamation Closure Plan Post-Closure Monitoring
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Guidelines Workshop, Summary Report (DIAND, February 2009)
2009Report
Final Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Guidelines Workshop Summary Report — INAC Water Resources Division, October 21-22 2008 (final version February 25 2009). Same distribution as the Draft. Adds discussion of enforceability for human-health concerns, early-warning levels and adaptive management triggers, and the integration of Traditional Knowledge (TK) — emphasizing TK should be obtained at the pre-baseline stage rather than later, because AEMP is largely written as a western-science process. Elders and scientists should both be involved early.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Monitoring
Mining 101 Course Presentation, EduMine (EduMine, January 2009)
22 January 2009Report
Mining 101 is a comprehensive educational course by Dr. Scott Dunbar delivered in blended learning format through EduMine, covering ore deposits, mining methods (open pit and underground), mineral processing techniques, and mine waste disposal management including tailings and acid rock drainage.
Development Plans Waste Rock Exploration Water Quality
Creating Lakes from Open Pit Mines, Processes and Considerations with Emphasis on Northern Environments (DFO, 2009)
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A comprehensive technical report on the formation, characteristics, and management of pit lakes created from open pit mining operations, with emphasis on northern environments and applications to diamond mining in Canada. The report covers hydrogeology, limnology, geochemistry, biology, modeling approaches, and strategies for enhancing beneficial end uses such as fish habitat and water supply.
Aquatics Fish Habitat Water Quality
Creating Lakes from Open Pit Mines, Processes and Considerations with Emphasis on Northern Environments (DFO, 2009)
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This 2009 Canadian technical report comprehensively reviews the literature on mining pit lakes with emphasis on northern environments, covering their physical characteristics, hydrogeology, limnology, chemistry, and biology, along with case studies and strategies for enhancing beneficial end uses such as fish habitat creation and water quality management.
Closure & Reclamation Aquatics Water Quality Monitoring
Sustainable Development Report, EKATI Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2008)
31 December 2008Report
BHP Billiton's 2008 Sustainable Development Report documents the Ekati Diamond Mine's operational performance for the calendar year, including employment data, northern spending, safety achievements, and community investment initiatives. The report demonstrates that the mine exceeded socio-economic agreement targets for northern and aboriginal employment and spending while maintaining strong safety performance and advancing long-term operational sustainability.
Development Plans Monitoring Water Quality Traditional Knowledge Closure & Reclamation
Final Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Working Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2008)
16 December 2008Report
This Final Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) working draft submitted by BHP Billiton in December 2008 outlines comprehensive closure and reclamation strategies for the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, including pit lake flooding, waste rock management, infrastructure removal, and long-term environmental monitoring through 2060. The plan was developed with input from northern communities, government agencies, and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with water licences, environmental agreements, and closure standards.
Closure & Reclamation Closure Plan Waste Rock
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Guidelines Workshop, Draft Summary Report (INAC, October 2008)
2008Report
Draft Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Guidelines Workshop Summary Report — INAC Water Resources Division, October 21-22 2008 (transmitted December 19 2008). Distribution includes Jason Brennan / Jen Potten / Tracy Covey (INAC South Mackenzie District), Dana Haggarty (Parks Canada), Bruce Hanna / Jonathan Pritchard / Lorraine Sawdon / Sheena Majuski (Fisheries and Oceans Canada). Workshop facilitator Terriplan Consultants. Includes case-study focus questions on a hypothetical lead-zinc smelter on the Coppermine River and its Contaminants of Potential Concern (COPCs) from liquid effluent and slag releases.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality
Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report 2007, Plain English Summary, EKATI Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, May 2008)
1 May 2008Report
This plain English summary of BHP Billiton's 2007 Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report for the EKATI Diamond Mine documents the company's compliance with regulatory requirements and environmental management across water quality, air quality, land reclamation, wildlife monitoring, and waste management. The report demonstrates that EKATI operated within the terms of its water licences and environmental agreement in 2007, with monitoring programs showing generally healthy aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems despite some localized increases in water quality parameters and ongoing wildlife management challenges.
Environmental Agreement Water Quality Monitoring
Long Lake Containment Facility Water Quality Prediction Model Version 2.0, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2008)
2008Report
Long Lake Containment Facility (LLCF) Water Quality Prediction Model Version 2.0 for the Ekati Diamond Mine, prepared by BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (Yellowknife). Documents the new 2005 model and its 2006 findings on previously identified trends, including mine plan inputs for Panda OP/UG, Misery OP/Pushback, Koala OP/UG, Koala North OP/UG, Fox OP, Beartooth OP, Sable OP, Pigeon OP pits (April 2006 plan). Includes physical model set-up (mass balance approach across Cells C, D, E), historical process plant discharge concentrations (potassium 21.8, molybdenum 0.27, sulphate 128.9, nitrate 4.9, arsenic 0.0058 mg/L), and projected loadings June 2005-2011.
Water Quality Monitoring Wastewater Correspondence
Long Lake Containment Facility (LLCF) Seasonal Water Quality Investigation, 2005–2006, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, October 2007)
1 October 2007Report
This report presents the results of a seasonal water quality investigation of the Long Lake Containment Facility (LLCF) at the Ekati Diamond Mine conducted from December 2005 to September 2006, measuring physical and chemical parameters across five cells to understand stratification, mixing processes, and salt exclusion effects related to processed kimberlite management.
Water Quality Monitoring Wastewater Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)
Rejuvenation Through Reclamation and Operating for Closure: Proceedings of the 31st Annual British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium (TRCR, September 2007)
20 September 2007Report
Proceedings of the 31st Annual British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium held September 17-20, 2007 in Squamish, featuring technical papers on mine reclamation practices, case studies from Canadian mines, and research on environmental remediation including acid rock drainage treatment, revegetation, wildlife habitat restoration, and legacy mine site management.
Closure & Reclamation Waste Rock Acid Rock Drainage Wildlife
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Appendix A, Evaluation of Effects Monitoring Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, July 2007)
1 July 2007Report
The 2006 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) evaluated potential impacts of the Ekati Diamond Mine on aquatic ecosystems in the Koala and King-Cujo watersheds, detecting measurable effects on water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and benthic communities attributable to discharge from the Long Lake Containment Facility and King Pond Settling Facility, though no significant environmental impacts were identified. All discharged water remained within compliance limits and below most Canadian Council of Ministers of Environment (CCME) guidelines for freshwater aquatic life protection.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality

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