Environmental Effects Monitoring for Miramar Con Mine Ltd. and Miramar Giant Mine Ltd.
Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: water quality, fish habitat, fish, aquatic invertebrates, tailings disposal
| Principal Investigator: | Schryer, Richard P (2) |
| Licence Number: | 13625 |
| Organization: | Golder Associates Ltd. |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2004
2003
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| Issued: | May 20, 2004 |
| Project Team: | Dave Caugh |
Objective(s): Under the new Metal Mining Effluent Regulations (Fisheries Act), an Environmental Effects Monitoring (EEM) program is required to determine the effects of mine effluent on fish and fish habitat. As part of the study, water quality and aquatic organism health are monitored in both the exposure areas (sites exposed to effluent) and reference areas (sites not exposed to effluent). Comparisons between the two sites are made to determine if the mine effluent is having a significant effect on the receiving waterbodies and the aquatic organisms (i.e. fish and macro-invertebrates) inhabiting them.
