Introduction; Purpose; Brief Description Of The Project - ProMinent DULCOMETER PH-501 Assembly And Operating Instructions Manual

1 INTRODUCTIO N
1.1

PURPOSE

This Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) Operation and Maintenance Manual (OMM) for the Whale Tail
Gold Project (the Project) has been prepared based on the "Guidelines for the Preparation of an
Operation and Maintenance Manual for Sewage and Solid Waste Disposal Facilities in the Northwest
Territories, 1996, prepared by the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs, NWT". The OMM
has been adapted for the use of a mechanical contact water treatment facility.
This manual is a component of the Whale Tail Environmental Management System. The objectives of
this plan are summarized as follows:
1. To define the location, design and operating procedures to be used in the treatment of sewage
generated at the Project; and
2. To provide monitoring requirements for the STP.
The STP purpose is to treat domestic sewage from the camp and adjacent building which are not
connected to the STP directly (sucker truck will discharge sewage from this building directly into the
STP).
1.2

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT

Agnico Eagle Mines Limited—Meadowbank Division (Agnico Eagle) is developing Whale Tail Pit and
Haul Road Project, approximately 55 km north of the Meadowbank mine, on a satellite deposit located
on the Amaruq property in the Kivalliq Region of Nunavut (65°24'25" N, 96°41'50" W), to extend mine
operations and milling at Meadowbank Mine. The 99,878-hectare Amaruq property is located on Inuit-
owned and federal crown land.
A conventional open pit mining operation is forecasted on the Whale Tail deposit. Access to the site is
via a 64-kilometer road from Meadowbank mine. On-site facilities will include a power plant,
maintenance facilities, tank farm for fuel storage, Arsenic water treatment plant, sewage treatment plant
(STP), drinking water treatment plant, as well as accommodation and kitchen facilities for approximately
400 people.
Figures 1, 2 and 3 illustrate the location and general arrangement of the STP.
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