Summary Review of Performance of Metal Mines
Subject to the Metal Mining Effluent Regulations
in 2010

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Table D1: Summary of Exceedances for Mines Subject to the MMER in 2010: Prescribed Parameters and pH

Site Identification Number of Months of Discharge As Cu CN Pb Ni Zn TSS Ra-226 pH Low pH High
Mine/Mill Name Effluent Discharge Name 0.5 mg/
L
0.3 mg/
L
1 mg/
L
0.2 mg/
L
0.5 mg/
L
0.5 mg/
L
15 mg/
L
0.37
Bq/
L
6 9.5
Aurbel (Mine) Aurbel Final Effluent 1                    
Barry (Mine) V-Notch 4                    
Beaufor Final Effluent 12                    
Bell Creek Mine and Mill Effluent Treatment Plant Discharge 1                    
Bell Creek Mine and Mill Phase 1 and 2 Seepage Collection Ditch 5                    
Bell Creek Mine and Mill Phase 3 Seepage Collection Ditch 4           1 1      
Bellekeno Mine Bellekeno 625 Treatment Pond Decant 4             2     1
Birchtree Mine Birchtree Effluent Treatment Plant 12                    
Black Fox Mill Complex / Stock Mine and Mill Complex Direct Tailings Pond Effluent 0                    
Black Fox Mill Complex / Stock Mine and Mill Complex Polishing Pond Effluent 0                    
Black Fox Mine Pike River Discharge Point 12                    
Black Fox Mine Salve Creek Transitional Period Discharge Point 0                    
Brunswick No. 12 3333 Final Effluent 12           1        
Bucko Lake Mine Settling Pond Discharge 12               2   1
Camflo (Mill) Final Effluent 12                    
Campbell Mine WETOUT 6                    
Cantung Mine 4-27-2 Culvert 12                    
Cantung Mine Polishing Pond Four 12                    
Cantung Mine Settling Pond 5-2 6                    
Caribou
Mine – Mill
Polishing Pond Effluent 0                    
Casa Berardi (Mine) Final Effluent – Point A 3                    
Chisel North Mine Chisel North Mine Discharge 12                    
Cigar Lake Project Station 2.2 12                    
Clavos Mine Clavos Mine Drainage Area 0                    
Clavos Mine Sediment Pond 0                    
Complexe mιtallurgique Sorel-Tracy Final Effluent QIT (Point 1.4) 12             9      
Con Mine Surveillance Network Program Station 40-1 2                    
Copper Cliff Complex Copper Cliff Wastewater Treatment Plant 9                    
Copper Cliff Complex Nolin Creek Spillway 0                    
Copper Cliff Complex Nolin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant 10         1          
Copper Rand (Mine) Final Discharge Point 2.1c 12                    
Crean Hill Mine Crean Hill Mine Waste Water Treatment System 8                    
David Bell Mine Sedimentation Pond Effluent 3                    
Doyon Pond A Final Effluent (D-203) 12                    
Duck Pond Operations Polishing Pond Effluent 12                    
Eagle River Mill Eagle River Mill 3                    
Eagle River Mine FDP 1 12                    
Endako Mines En.A1 – Tailings Pond 1 South 11                    
Endako Mines En.H1 – Tailings Pond 2 Higginbotham 12             1      
Endako Mines En.N1 – Tailings Pond 1 North 12                    
Endako Mines En.S2 – Tailings Pond 2 South 12                    
Endako Mines En.SBC – Endako Pit 12             1      
Endako Mines En.W2 – Denak West Pit 11             1      
Eskay Creek Mine Es.D7 – Treatment Pond Discharge Point 12                    
Eskay Creek Mine Es.TM1 – Tom MacKay Discharge Point 12                    
Eskay Creek Mine Es.W20 – Albino Discharge Point 8                    
Fire Lake (Mine) Beaver Pit – Spillway (FL-2) 12                    
Fire Lake (Mine) Main Pit (FL-1) 8                    
Flin Flon Complex North Weir Discharge 12                    
Garson Mine Garson Mine 12                    
Gιant Dormant (Mine) GD-E01 Final Effluent – Mine Water Pond 12                    
Gιant Dormant (Mine) GD-E03 Polishing Pond 2A 3                    
Giant Mine Surveillance Network Program Station 43-1 3                    
Gibraltar Mine Gi.FRD – Fraser River Diffuser 6                    
Golden Giant Mine Effluent Treatment Plant 0                    
Golden Giant Mine ITF Emergency Spillway 0                    
Golden Giant Mine / David Bell Mine Sedimentation Pond Effluent 7                    
Golden Giant Mine Waste Water Treatment Plant Effluent 12                    
Goldex (Mine) Final Effluent 0                    
Goldex (Mine) Final Effluent – Goldex Tailings Pond 3                    
Goldex (Mine) Final Effluent – Shaft No. 2 0                    
Haley Plant FDP 1 12                    
Hislop Mine Sedimentation Pond 2                    
Holloway Mine Final Discharge Point 2                    
Horne (Smelter) Final Effluent – Pelletier Sector 12                    
Huckleberry Mine Hu.EZDD – East Zone Diversion Ditch 0                    
Huckleberry Mine Hu.SC3 – Sediment Control Structure 3 12                    
Huckleberry Mine Hu.SC4 – Sediment Control Structure 4 12                    
Huckleberry Mine Hu.TMF2 – Tailings Management Facility 2 Supernatant 11                    
Iron Ore Company of Canada – Carol Project Hakim Culvert 12             3      
Iron Ore Company of Canada – Carol Project Julienne Narrows 12                    
Iron Ore Company of Canada – Carol Project MD5 8                    
Island Gold Project IG-2 5                    
Joe Mann Polishing Pond Effluent – Point 10 7                    
Kemess South Mine KS.WQ14 – Runoff 12                    
Kemess South Mine KS.WQBXL – Sedimentation Pond Decant 4                    
Key Lake Operation Station 1.2 – Dewatering Discharge to Horsefly Lake 12                    
Kidd Metallurgical Division Final Effluent Monitoring Point 12                    
Kidd Mining Division Treatment Pond Final Effluent 10                    
Kiena (Mine) Final Effluent 7                    
Lac Bachelor Parshall Flume 12                    
Lac Bloom (Mine) Mill Site – Surface Drainage Pond Effluent 1             1      
Lac Bloom (Mine) Mine Site – Surface Drainage Sedimentation Pond B2 Effluent 2             2      
Lac des Iles Mine FDP 1 6                    
Lac Herbin (Mine) Final Effluent 1 0                    
Lac Herbin (Mine) Final Effluent 2 12                    
Langlois (Mine) Main Final Effluent 10           1        
Lapa (Project) Final Effluent – Sedimentation Pond 9                    
Laronde (Mine) Final Effluent 3A 12                    
Lockerby Mine Number 4 Pond Effluent 12                    
Lupin Operations Lupin Discharge Syphons SNP 925-10 0                    
Macassa Mine C Dam 12                    
Magnacon Mine (part of Eagle River Mill) Magnacon Mine 0                    
Matagami Mine (Xstrata Zinc Canada Division) Final Effluent (WLD) 12             1      
MAX Molybdenum Mine and Mill MM.SiteD – Mine Portal Settling Pond 0                    
MAX Molybdenum Mine and Mill MM.SiteI – Settling Ponds Decant 12             1      
MAX Molybdenum Mine and Mill MM.TP – Tailings Pond Discharge 5                    
McAlpine Mill Polishing Pond 12                    
McArthur River Operation Station 2.1 12                    
McArthur River Operation Station 2.1B 0                    
McArthur River Operation Station 2.7 12                    
McClean Lake Operation CM01-B (JEB Water Treatment Plant) 12                    
McClean Lake Operation CM03 0                    
McClean Lake Operation SC01 (SUE Water Treatment Plant Effluent) 0                    
McWatters Mine MWD-2 12             1      
Meadowbank Mine Dewatering Final Discharge 1 12             2   1  
Minto Project Mi.W3 – Runoff Main Water Dam 11                    
Mishi Pit (part of Eagle River Mill) Mishi Pit 1                    
Montcalm Project Montcalm Final Effluent 0                    
Mont-Wright (Mine) HS-1 12                    
Mont-Wright (Mine) MS-2 7             1      
Mouska (Mine) Final Effluent 12                    
Musselwhite Mine FDP 1 5                    
Myra Falls Operations MF.11A – Runoff Myra Ponds Effluent 12                    
New Britannia Mine / Snow Lake Mine SWM-03 (Birch Lake Outlet Embankment Decant Discharge) 1 1                  
Niobec (Mine) Final Effluent 12             4      
Nugget Pond Mine Polishing Pond Effluent 8             1      
Pine Cove Property Tailings Pond Discharge 11                    
Podolsky Mine Norman North Bog Outlet 12                    
Porcupine Gold Mines Mine Effluent Treatment Plant – Dome Mine 3                    
Porcupine Gold Mines Mine Water Storage Pond – Dome Mine 12                    
Porcupine Gold Mines Owl Creek Discharge 1 0                    
Porcupine Gold Mines Owl Creek Discharge 2 6                    
Porcupine Gold Mines Pamour Mine Water 9                    
Rabbit Lake Operation Station 2.3.3 12                    
Raglan (Mine) DIR-HSA 0                    
Raglan (Mine) DIR-SPOON 3                    
Raglan (Mine) DIR-UT 6         1          
Raglan (Mine) DIR-Z3 8         1          
Red Lake Mine G1 0                    
Red Lake Mine G2 6                    
Red Lake Mine Shaft 3 Mine Water Settling Pond 0                    
Redstone Mine RSD-2 9                    
Restigouche Mine Mixing Structure Discharge 0                    
Rice Lake Gold Mine FDP1 – End of Pipe 4   1                
Santoy 7 Mine Santoy 7 Settling Pond 4                    
Scozinc
Mine – Mill
Polishing Pond Outlet 12                    
Scozinc
Mine – Mill
Polishing Pond Outlet 2 0                    
Seabee Gold Mine Final Discharge Point 1.2 12                    
Seabee Gold Mine Final Discharge Point 1.3 0                    
Seabee Gold Mine Final Discharge Point 1.5 3                    
Shakespeare Nickel Mine MISA Weir 0                    
Sigma Final Effluent EFF1 0                    
Snow Lake Mill Anderson Lake Discharge 7                    
Strathcona Tailings Treatment System Fecunis RR Bridge 12                    
Tanco Mine East Discharge (Phreatic Flow) 0                    
Tanco Mine West Discharge (Compliance Point) 12                    
Thompson Complex Misery Weir 12                    
Thompson Complex Station B 12                    
Tio (Mine) Switch South 12             1      
Tio (Mine) ECLAC168 9         2          
Tio (Mine) Lake 211.4 10                 2  
Tio (Mine) Grondin Effluent (formerly Grondin Lake) 0                    
Tio (Mine) Resurgence Leo 12         2          
Totten Mine Totten Discharge 11                    
Troilus BS-1 0                    
Troilus BS-2 0                    
Troilus PR-1 12                    
Troilus PR-2 12                    
Troilus PR-5 12                    
Troilus PR-6 12             1      
Troilus PR-7 12             3      
Trout Lake Mine Trout Lake Surface Sump Discharge 11                    
Voisey's Bay Mine – Mill Port Site Sedimentation Pond 4         1          
Voisey's Bay Mine – Mill Sedimentation Pond A Discharge 0                    
Voisey's Bay Mine – Mill Sedimentation Pond B 0                    
Voisey's Bay Mine – Mill South of Ovoid Final Discharge Point 0                    
Voisey's Bay Mine – Mill South Sedimentation Pond 0                    
Voisey's Bay Mine – Mill Treated Effluent Final Discharge Point 12         1         1
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine East Pit Dewatering East 4                    
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine East Pit No. 1 Dewatering 0                    
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine East Pit No. 2 Dewatering 9             3      
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Flora Lake Discharge 12             1      
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Knoll Lake Inflow 12             11      
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Loadout Ditch Discharge 1             1      
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Shops East Discharge 0                    
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Shops South Discharge 0                    
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Tailings Discharge 0                    
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Tailings Line Emergency Dump Basin 1 4             2      
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine West Pit Extension Settling Basin 12             2      
Williams Mine Polishing Pond Discharge CP 400 0                    
Williams Mine Stormwater Pond CP 102 11                    
Williams Mine Stormwater Pond CP 0300 2                    
Williams Mine Stormwater Pond CP 400A 2                    
Williams Mine Treated Effluent CP 0201 8                    
Wolverine Project Wo.TSF – Tailings Storage Facility 0                    
Yellowjacket Gold Mine Ye.TSF – Tailings Storage Facility 0                    
Young-Davidson Mine Mine Water Pond Final Discharge 5                    
Total Exceedances 1 1 0 0 9 3 57 2 3 3

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