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

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Table D2: Performance Summary for Mines Subject to the MMER in 2010: Rainbow Trout (RT) Acute Lethality and Daphnia magna (DM) Monitoring Tests

Site Identification Number of Months of Discharge RT
Total
RT
Fail
DM
Total
DM
Fail
  Mine/Mill Name   Effluent Discharge Name
Aurbel (Mine) Aurbel Final Effluent 1 1   1  
Barry (Mine) V-Notch 4 4   4  
Beaufor Final Effluent 12 4   4  
Bell Creek Mine and Mill Effluent Treatment Plant Discharge 1        
Bell Creek Mine and Mill Phase 1 and 2 Seepage Collection Ditch 5 5   5  
Bell Creek Mine and Mill Phase 3 Seepage Collection Ditch 4 4   3  
Bellekeno Mine Bellekeno 625 Treatment Pond Decant 4 4   4 1
Birchtree Mine Birchtree Effluent Treatment Plant 12 4   4 3
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 12   12  
Black Fox Mine Salve Creek Transitional Period Discharge Point 0        
Brunswick No. 12 3333 Final Effluent 12 16 2 16 1
Bucko Lake Mine Settling Pond Discharge 12 12   12 6
Camflo (Mill) Final Effluent 12 5   5  
Campbell Mine WETOUT 6 7   7  
Cantung Mine 4-27-2 Culvert 12 4   4  
Cantung Mine Polishing Pond Four 12 11   11  
Cantung Mine Settling Pond 5-2 6 6   6  
Caribou Mine – Mill Polishing Pond Effluent 0        
Casa Berardi (Mine) Final Effluent – Point A 3 3   3  
Chisel North Mine Chisel North Mine Discharge 12 4   4  
Cigar Lake Project Station 2.2 12 5   5  
Clavos Mine Clavos Mine Drainage Area 0        
Clavos Mine Sediment Pond 0        
Complexe mιtallurgique Sorel-Tracy Final Effluent QIT (Point 1.4) 12 12   12  
Con Mine Surveillance Network Program Station 40-1 2 2   2 2
Copper Cliff Complex Copper Cliff Wastewater Treatment Plant 9 5   5  
Copper Cliff Complex Nolin Creek Spillway 0        
Copper Cliff Complex Nolin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant 10 4   4  
Copper Rand (Mine) Final Discharge Point 2.1c 12 3   3  
Crean Hill Mine Crean Hill Mine Waste Water Treatment System 8 8   8  
David Bell Mine Sedimentation Pond Effluent 3 3   3  
Doyon Pond A Final Effluent (D-203) 12 4   4  
Duck Pond Operations Polishing Pond Effluent 12 13 1 13 2
Eagle River Mill Eagle River Mill 3 3   3  
Eagle River Mine FDP 1 12 12   12  
Endako Mines En.A1 – Tailings Pond 1 South 11 4   4  
Endako Mines En.H1 – Tailings Pond 2 Higginbotham 12 4   4  
Endako Mines En.N1 – Tailings Pond 1 North 12 4   4  
Endako Mines En.S2 – Tailings Pond 2 South 12 4   4  
Endako Mines En.SBC – Endako Pit 12 4   4  
Endako Mines En.W2 – Denak West Pit 11 8   8  
Eskay Creek Mine Es.D7 – Treatment Pond Discharge Point 12 14 2 14 4
Eskay Creek Mine Es.TM1 – Tom MacKay Discharge Point 12 4   4  
Eskay Creek Mine Es.W20 – Albino Discharge Point 8 8   8  
Fire Lake (Mine) Beaver Pit – Spillway (FL-2) 12 12   12  
Fire Lake (Mine) Main Pit (FL-1) 8 8   8  
Flin Flon Complex North Weir Discharge 12 8   8 1
Garson Mine Garson Mine 12 4   4  
Gιant Dormant (Mine) GD-E01 Final Effluent – Mine Water Pond 12 4   4  
Gιant Dormant (Mine) GD-E03 Polishing Pond 2A 3 3   3  
Giant Mine Surveillance Network Program Station 43-1 3 3   3  
Gibraltar Mine Gi.FRD – Fraser River Diffuser 6 5   5  
Golden Giant Mine Effluent Treatment Plant 0        
Golden Giant Mine ITF Emergency Spillway 0        
Golden Giant Mine / David Bell Mine Sedimentation Pond Effluent 7 7   7  
Golden Giant Mine Waste Water Treatment Plant Effluent 12 12   12  
Goldex (Mine) Final Effluent 0        
Goldex (Mine) Final Effluent – Goldex Tailings Pond 3 2   2  
Goldex (Mine) Final Effluent – Shaft No. 2 0        
Haley Plant FDP 1 12 4   4  
Hislop Mine Sedimentation Pond 2 2   2  
Holloway Mine Final Discharge Point 2 2   2  
Horne (Smelter) Final Effluent – Pelletier Sector 12 12   12  
Huckleberry Mine Hu.EZDD – East Zone Diversion Ditch 0        
Huckleberry Mine Hu.SC3 – Sediment Control Structure 3 12 4   4  
Huckleberry Mine Hu.SC4 – Sediment Control Structure 4 12 4   4  
Huckleberry Mine Hu.TMF2 – Tailings Management Facility 2 Supernatant 11 4   4 1
Iron Ore Company of Canada – Carol Project Hakim Culvert 12 16 1 16  
Iron Ore Company of Canada – Carol Project Julienne Narrows 12 12   12  
Iron Ore Company of Canada – Carol Project MD5 8 8   8  
Island Gold Project IG-2 5 5   5  
Joe Mann Polishing Pond Effluent – Point 10 7 3   3  
Kemess South Mine KS.WQ14 – Runoff 12 5   5  
Kemess South Mine KS.WQBXL – Sedimentation Pond Decant 4 3   3  
Key Lake Operation Station 1.2 – Dewatering Discharge to Horsefly Lake 12 4   4 1
Key Lake Operation Station 1.4 – Mill Effluent to Wolf Lake 12 4   4  
Kidd Metallurgical Division Final Effluent Monitoring Point 12 5   5  
Kidd Mining Division Treatment Pond Final Effluent 10 4   4  
Kiena (Mine) Final Effluent 7 9   9  
Lac Bachelor Parshall Flume 12 12   12  
Lac Bloom (Mine) Mill Site – Surface Drainage Pond Effluent 1 1   1  
Lac Bloom (Mine) Mine Site – Surface Drainage Sedimentation Pond B2 Effluent 2 2   2  
Lac des Iles Mine FDP 1 6 6   6  
Lac Herbin (Mine) Final Effluent 1 0        
Lac Herbin (Mine) Final Effluent 2 12 4   4  
Langlois (Mine) Main Final Effluent 10 9   8  
Lapa (Project) Final Effluent – Sedimentation Pond 9 9   9  
Laronde (Mine) Final Effluent 3A 12 12   12  
Lockerby Mine Number 4 Pond Effluent 12 5   5  
Lupin Operations Lupin Discharge Syphons SNP 925-10 0        
Macassa Mine C Dam 12 12   12  
Magnacon Mine (part of Eagle River Mill) Magnacon Mine 0        
Matagami Mine (Xstrata Zinc Canada Division) Final Effluent (WLD) 12 12   12  
MAX Molybdenum Mine and Mill MM.SiteD – Mine Portal Settling Pond 0        
MAX Molybdenum Mine and Mill MM.SiteI – Settling Ponds Decant 12 4   4  
MAX Molybdenum Mine and Mill MM.TP – Tailings Pond Discharge 5 5   5  
McAlpine Mill Polishing Pond 12 4   4  
McArthur River Operation Station 2.1 12 4   4  
McArthur River Operation Station 2.1B 0        
McArthur River Operation Station 2.7 12 4   5 1
McClean Lake Operation CM01-B (JEB Water Treatment Plant) 12 4   4  
McClean Lake Operation CM03 0        
McClean Lake Operation SC01 (SUE Water Treatment Plant Effluent) 0        
McWatters Mine MWD-2 12 23 12 20 1
Meadowbank Mine Dewatering Final Discharge 1 12 12   12 1
Minto Project Mi.W3 – Runoff Main Water Dam 11 11   11  
Mishi Pit (part of Eagle River Mill) Mishi Pit 1        
Montcalm Project Montcalm Final Effluent 0        
Mont-Wright (Mine) HS-1 12 5   5  
Mont-Wright (Mine) MS-2 7 6   6  
Mouska (Mine) Final Effluent 12 4   4  
Musselwhite Mine FDP 1 5 5   5  
Myra Falls Operations MF.11A – Runoff Myra Ponds Effluent 12 4   4  
New Britannia Mine / Snow Lake Mine SWM-03 (Birch Lake Outlet Embankment Decant Discharge) 1 2   2  
Niobec (Mine) Final Effluent 12 4   4 3
Nugget Pond Mine Polishing Pond Effluent 8 10   10  
Pine Cove Property Tailings Pond Discharge 11 9   9  
Podolsky Mine Norman North Bog Outlet 12 10   10  
Porcupine Gold Mines Mine Effluent Treatment Plant – Dome Mine 3 3   3  
Porcupine Gold Mines Mine Water Storage Pond – Dome Mine 12 4   4  
Porcupine Gold Mines Owl Creek Discharge 1 0        
Porcupine Gold Mines Owl Creek Discharge 2 6 6   6  
Porcupine Gold Mines Pamour Mine Water 9 3   3  
Rabbit Lake Operation Station 2.3.3 12 4   4  
Raglan (Mine) DIR-HSA 0        
Raglan (Mine) DIR-SPOON 3 3   3  
Raglan (Mine) DIR-UT 6 6   6  
Raglan (Mine) DIR-Z3 8 8   8  
Red Lake Mine G1 0        
Red Lake Mine G2 6 7   7  
Red Lake Mine Shaft 3 Mine Water Settling Pond 0        
Redstone Mine RSD-2 9 8   9  
Restigouche Mine Mixing Structure Discharge 0        
Rice Lake Gold Mine FDP1 – End of Pipe 4 4   4 2
Santoy 7 Mine Santoy 7 Settling Pond 4 4   4  
Scozinc Mine – Mill Polishing Pond Outlet 12 11   11  
Scozinc Mine – Mill Polishing Pond Outlet 2 0        
Seabee Gold Mine Final Discharge Point 1.2 12 4   4  
Seabee Gold Mine Final Discharge Point 1.3 0        
Seabee Gold Mine Final Discharge Point 1.5 3 3   3  
Shakespeare Nickel Mine MISA Weir 0        
Sigma Final Effluent EFF1 0        
Snow Lake Mill Anderson Lake Discharge 7 7   7  
Strathcona Tailings Treatment System Fecunis RR Bridge 12 4   4  
Tanco Mine East Discharge (Phreatic Flow) 0        
Tanco Mine West Discharge (Compliance Point) 12 4   4  
Thompson Complex Misery Weir 12 4   4  
Thompson Complex Station B 12 4   4  
Tio (Mine) Switch South 12 12   12 1
Tio (Mine) ECLAC168 9 9   9  
Tio (Mine) Lake 211.4 10 10   10  
Tio (Mine) Grondin Effluent (formerly Grondin Lake) 0        
Tio (Mine) Resurgence Leo 12 12   12  
Totten Mine Totten Discharge 11 4   4  
Troilus BS-1 0        
Troilus BS-2 0        
Troilus PR-1 12 4   4  
Troilus PR-2 12 4   4  
Troilus PR-5 12 4   4  
Troilus PR-6 12 4   4  
Troilus PR-7 12 4   4  
Trout Lake Mine Trout Lake Surface Sump Discharge 11 8   8 8
Voisey's Bay Mine – Mill Port Site Sedimentation Pond 4 4   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 47 6 47 43
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine East Pit Dewatering East 4 2   2  
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   3  
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Flora Lake Discharge 12 10   10  
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Knoll Lake Inflow 12 4   4  
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine Loadout Ditch Discharge 1 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 4   4  
Wabush Mines Joint Venture – Scully Mine West Pit Extension Settling Basin 12 4   4  
Williams Mine Polishing Pond Discharge CP 400 0        
Williams Mine Stormwater Pond CP 102 11 11   11  
Williams Mine Stormwater Pond CP 0300 2 2   2  
Williams Mine Stormwater Pond CP 400A 2 2   2  
Williams Mine Treated Effluent CP 0201 8 8   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 7 1 7  
Summary 911 25 908 83

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