Register

QZ09-094 (Amendment # 7 to QZ96-006)

Minto Explorations Ltd.

Nature of Application: Quartz Undertaking

1. APPLICATION

• 1.1 Schedule 4 Application
• 1.2 Water Use Licence Application & Water Management Plan
• 1.3 Minnow Site Specific Water Quality Objectives
•     1.3.1 Appendix A - Background Concentration Procedure Data & Results
•     1.3.2 Appendix B - Recalculation Procedure Data & Results
•     1.3.3 Appendix C - Water Effect Ratio Procedure Data & Results
• 1.4 Nautilus Environmental Water Effect Ratio
•     1.4.1 Appendix A - Copper Water Effect Ratio Toxicity Data
•     1.4.2 Appendix B - Water Effect Ratio Copper Measurement Data
•     1.4.3 Appendix C - Laboratory & W12 Water Chemistry Data & Appendix D - Chain of Custody Forms
•     1.4.4 Appendix D - Biotic Ligand Model Results & Appendix E - Application of Potential Site Specific Water Quality Objectives
• 1.5 Water Conveyance Network Design
•     1.5.1 Attachment A - Site Plan & Alignment
• 1.6 Water Treatment Plan
•     1.6.1 Maxxam Laboratory Reports
•     1.6.2 Assessment of Water Treatment Options & Preliminary Design of Water Treatment Plant
• 1.7 CCL Hydrology Review
•     1.7.1 Appendix 1 - Minto Mine Water Balance Update - Tables
• 1.8 WQ Predictive Modeling
• 1.9 Technical Data Related to AAMP - Template for Reporting
•     1.9.1 AMMP Monitoring Program
•     1.9.2 TSS Metal Relationships May 2010
•     1.9.3 Comparison of On-Site Data with External Analysis
•     1.9.4 Proposed Environmental Laboratory Spectrophotometer Specifications
•      1.9.5 Water Quality Data W2 & W3
•     1.9.6 Toxicity Testing Reports from Discharge Events 2009
• 1.10 Minnow Olfactory Report
• 1.11 Sewage Design
• 1.12 Dry Stack Tailings OMS
• 1.13 Ammonia Background Information
• 2.0 Supplemental Information
•     2.1 Tracking Table
•     2.2 Water Quality Prediction Model (Available upon request)
•     2.3 MSDS Sheets
•     2.4 Consent Letters from Consultants
•         2.4.1 BIOTEQ
•         2.4.2 EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd.
•         2.4.3 CAP Engineering
•         2.4.4 Minnow Environmental Inc.
•         2.4.5 Clearwater Consultants Ltd.
• 2.5 Map of Water Quality Sampling Stations (Available in office only)
• 2.6 Photo of Minto Mine Site (Available in office only)
• 2.7 Letter from Applicant responding to exhibit 4.2 
• 2.8 Additional Information in Response to Exhibit 4.3 & 4.3.1 Sump Data, Water Balance Data and Metal Parameter Data  (Available upon request)               

3. PUBLIC NOTICES

• 3.1 Advertisement

4. CORRESPONDENCE

• 4.1 YWB to Applicant requesting further information
• 4.2 YWB to Applicant requesting further information
• 4.3 YWB to Applicant requesting further information
•     4.3.1 YWB to Applicant providing clarification of information requested in 4.3
• 4.4 YWB to Distribution List re: interventions and public hearing
• 4.5 YWB to Distribution List re: details of the public hearing

5. INTERVENTIONS 

• 5.1 Yukon Conservation Society
• 5.2 Selkirk Renewable Resources Council
• 5.3 Selkirk First Nation
•     5.3.1 Selkirk First Nation Water Management Review Report
• 5.4 Government of Yukon - Water Resources Branch
• 5.5 Environment Canada

 

6. RESPONSES TO INTERVENTIONS

• 6.1 Minto Explorations Ltd. Response to Interventions, 10.12.08

 

   7. CURRENT/PREVIOUS WATER USE LICENSE(S)

• 7.1 Water Use Licence QZ96-006 and Reasons for Decision
• 7.2 QZ01-053 - Amendment #1
• 7.3 QZ04-064 - Amendment #2
• 7.4 QZ05-072 - Amendment #3
• 7.5 QZ08-081 - Amendment #4
• 7.6 QZ09-085 - Amendment #5
• 7.7 QZ09-089 - Amendment #6 and Ministerial Correspondence

9. YESAA

• 9.1 Evaluation Report
• 9.2 Project Confirmation
• 9.3 Decision Document

10. DECISION

 

11. TRANSCRIPT OF PUBLIC HEARING

• 11.1 Table of Contents
• 11.2 Transcript

12. LATE FILINGS

• 12.1 September 2010 Aerial Photos
•     12.1.1 Minto Mine Site Project Area
•     12.1.2 Minto Mine Site
•     12.1.3 Minto Mine Site Receiving Environment
•     12.1.4 Minto Creek Headwaters to Yukon River

 

• 12.2 Proposed Display
•     12.2.1 Minto Creek Catchments
•     12.2.2 Project Location
•     12.2.3 Water Management Plan Summary
•     12.2.4 Water Quality Monitoring Station Locations
•     12.2.5 Minto Creek Water Quality Modeling Framework
•     12.2.6 Can We Discharge
•     12.2.7 Discharge Calculator
•     12.2.8 Can We Continue Discharging

 

• 12.3 Presentation Figures
• 12.4 Presentation Visual Aid: Water Quality Monitoring Station Locations
• 12.5 Relationship Between Biotic Ligand Model-Based Water Quality Criteria & Avoidance & Olfactory Response to Copper By Fish
• 12.6 Juvenile Chinook Salmon Mark/Recapture Program, Minto Creek, 2010
• 12.7 Proposed Draft Licence Amendment
•     12.7.1 Proposed Draft Licence Ammendment Red Line Version, 10.12.09
• 12.8 Freshet Water Management Plan, Minto Explorations Ltd., April 2010

13. OTHER

• 13.1 Minto Exploration Ltd. Public Hearing Presentation, 10.12.06
• 13.2 Selkirk First Nation Technical Submission Public Hearing Presentation, 10.12.06