Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada – Contaminants and Remediation Division (CIRNAC – CARD) has applied for a renewal type B water licence (licence) S24L8-004 and a renewal type A land use permit (permit) S24D-007 for the Great Bear Lake Sites Remediation Project. This project is to reduce the hazards and environmental impacts of abandoned contaminated sites which include: Silver Bear Mines (including Terra [Nak’a ts’e deh], Northrim, Norex, Graham Vein and Smallwood Mines), El Bonanza Mine and Bonanza Mine), Contact Lake Mine [Kw’e K’a tue], the Sawmill Bay site and three portal sites (Contact Lake Portal, Mystery Island Portal and Bear Portal) in the southeast area of Great Bear Lake [Sahtú], NT. The time requested for the authorizations is three years.  

This is a renewal of Licence S17L8-002 and Permit S17D-003.