24-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment: May 2017

EGBC National Exam — Mining and Mineral Processing Engineering, 09-MMP-A6 Mining and the Environment, 2017-May. 3 hours duration, open book (any Casio or Sharp approved calculator permitted). SIX questions are printed on the paper; FIVE questions constitute a complete exam paper, and only the first five questions as they appear in the answer book are marked. Most questions require an essay-format answer; clarity and organization are explicitly assessed.

Reference texts: International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP), Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide (ARD prediction, static and kinetic testing, sampling programs, prevention/treatment methods); Price, W.A., MEND Report 1.20.1, Prediction Manual for Drainage Chemistry from Sulphidic Geologic Materials (1997/2009) (acid-base accounting, NPR screening); Government of Canada, Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations (MDMER, the current name for the exam's "Metal Mining Effluent Regulations") under the Fisheries Act, s.36(3); Government of Canada, Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999) and Impact Assessment Act (successor to the 2012 Canadian Environmental Assessment Act named in the exam); Species at Risk Act (2002); Ontario, Mining Act, R.S.O. 1990, and O.Reg. 153/04 (Records of Site Condition, under the Ontario Environmental Protection Act); Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME), duty-to-consult and Indigenous engagement guidance for resource projects; Vick, S.G., Planning, Design, and Analysis of Tailings Dams (1990) (upstream/centerline/downstream construction, disposal practices); Canadian Dam Association (CDA), Dam Safety Guidelines (tailings impoundment construction); BC Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation, Health, Safety and Reclamation Code for Mines in British Columbia (current edition) (closure planning, revegetation, mine water management); ATSDR, Toxicological Profiles for arsenic and mercury.