Yellowknife demands EA for Giant cleanup
Public expresses concerns about attempt to remediate arsenic stored underground during 50 years of gold mining within city limits
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Last updated 4/27/2008 at Noon
The City of Yellowknife has invoked a little-used federal law to force the Contaminants and Remediation Directorate (CARD) of Canada's Department of Indian and Northern Affairs to complete an environmental assessment of its remediation plans for 237,000 metric tons of arsenic stored within the city limits.
CARD, in cooperation with the Government of the Northwest Territories, proposes to render...
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