Pit Lake definition

Pit Lake means the Mine Workings flooded during mine closure.
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Pit Lake means a body of water that has resulted, after the completion of an exploration project or mining operation, from an open pit that has penetrated the water table of the area in which the pit is located.
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Examples of Pit Lake in a sentence

  • If during the Closure/Post-Closure Phase the effluent concentrations proposed for discharge into Blackwater Creek and within the Pit Lake are not maintained at levels that do not exceed the protection of aquatic life then it is recommended that risk estimates be derived for wildlife with aquatic based diets for all relevant COCs. Risks and COCs evaluated in this SLRA were based on modelled or predicted concentrations.

  • Where possible, potentially acid generating (PAG) rock will be placed within the completed Pit Lake to provide a long term water cover in order to mitigate potential acid generation as described in Section 11 of the EIS.

  • During the Post-Closure Phase the Pit Lake may support small fish and other aquatic life.

  • It is expected to take 9 years after operations cease for the Pit Lake to fill completely.

  • Again, wildlife may be directly exposed to Pit Lake water, but humans are more likely to ingest effluent that is passively discharged to GOLIATH MINE SCREENING LEVEL RISK ASSESSMENT FILE: ENVMIN03018-01.003 | FEBRUARY 2015 | ISSUED FOR USE Blackwater Creek from the Pit Lake and that subsequently flows to Wabigoon Lake (a drinking water source for the City of Dryden).

  • The quality of the water within the Pit Lake has been modeled in the Preliminary Water Balance Model (Tetra Tech 2014) and provided for use in this SLRA.

  • Groundwater pathways are considered incomplete as hydraulic conductivity of the Pit Lake bedrock, the encapsulated TSF and the encapsulated above grade waste rock is very low.

  • The Pit Lake will be constructed in bedrock with a 3 to 5 m overburden range (A.C.A. 2012).

  • Depending upon the habitat quality, wildlife may use the waters in Pit Lake as drinking water.

  • The maquiladora industry association (INDEX) has been in talks with the Mexican tax authorities to request that a presidential decree be issued to grant benefits to maquiladoras to mitigate the effects of the new legislation.

Related to Pit Lake

  • Environmental Management Plan or “EMP” means the environmental management plan for the Project, including any update thereto, incorporated in the IEE;

  • Environmental Management Framework or “EMF” means the environmental management framework dated October 2001, satisfactory to the Association, setting out the principles, policies and procedures for assessing and mitigating the environmental and social impacts of CI schemes, as the same may be amended from time to time with the agreement of the Association;

  • Asset Management Company means an asset Management Company as defined in the Rules and Regulations.