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Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Technical Overview Working Document, Discussion Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 1998)
1 January 1998Report
This technical overview working document outlines the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) for the BHP Diamonds Project (Ekati Diamond Mine), detailing the framework for monitoring aquatic environments during all project phases. The program employs a tiered approach combining water quality measurements, sediment analysis, and biological community assessment across reference and potentially impacted lakes and streams to detect project-related impacts and test environmental predictions from the EIA.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Monitoring
Wildlife Monitoring Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 1998)
1 January 1998Report
This draft Wildlife Monitoring Plan for BHP's Ekati Diamond Mine outlines a risk-based framework for monitoring impacts on valued ecosystem components (VECs) including caribou, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, and birds. The plan details monitoring hypotheses, implementation strategies, and measurement endpoints for tracking mine-related stressors from construction through post-closure phases.
Wildlife Monitoring Caribou
Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1997, Environmental Summary, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, 1997)
31 December 1997Report
This is the 1997 Environmental Agreement Annual Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, Canada's first diamond mine located in the Northwest Territories barrenlands, providing a comprehensive plain-English summary of environmental monitoring programs across water quality, aquatic life, wildlife, vegetation, and cultural heritage throughout the first year of mine construction and operations.
Environmental Agreement Monitoring Development Plans
Proposed Terms of Reference for a Kimberlite Toxicity Study, Water Licence N7L2-1616 (ETL, January 1998)
18 December 1997Report
Proposal for a comprehensive kimberlite toxicity study for BHP Diamonds Inc. under Water Licence N7L2-1616, designed to assess acute and chronic effects of kimberlite solutions from diamond processing on aquatic organisms and fish health through laboratory bioassays, toxicity identification evaluations, and sub-lethal exposure experiments.
Aquatics Water Quality Waste Rock
Stream Habitat Compensation Program, Panda Lake Diversion Channel, Draft Version 02 (BHP Billiton, December 1997)
8 December 1997Report
BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. submitted a Fish Habitat Compensation Program plan for the Panda Lake Diversion Channel, developed by Dillon Consulting Limited to address harmful alteration of fish habitat from mining operations. The plan details fish habitat creation, enhancement, monitoring and maintenance designs for a 3,400-meter diversion channel constructed between Panda and Kodiak Lakes to restore fish connectivity and compensate for 930 meters of impacted stream habitat in the Koala Watershed.
Fish Habitat Aquatics Development Plans Water Quality
Stream Habitat Compensation Program, Panda Lake Diversion Channel, Fish Habitat Creation, Enhancement, Monitoring and Maintenance Plan, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, December 1997)
8 December 1997Report
This is a fish habitat compensation plan for the Panda Lake Diversion Channel developed by BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. and Dillon Consulting to address impacts of the NWT Diamonds Project on stream fish habitat. The plan details physical and hydrological characteristics of the constructed diversion channel, proposed habitat creation and enhancement features, monitoring protocols, and a phased implementation strategy to achieve no net loss of fish habitat as required by the federal Fisheries Act.
Fish Habitat Aquatics Development Plans Regulatory
Diamonds Update, Issue 4 (BHP Billiton, December 1997)
1 December 1997Report
BHP Diamonds' December 1997 newsletter announces the official naming of the NWT Diamonds Project as the Ekati Diamond Mine, provides construction progress updates showing the project 70% complete with planned Q4 1998 production start, and reports a milestone of one million hours worked without a lost-time accident during construction.
Development Plans Exploration Correspondence Traditional Knowledge Monitoring
BHP Wildlife Monitoring Program Planning File, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 1997 to February 2001)
1997Report
BHP Wildlife Monitoring Program binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine (1998-2001) — BHP Diamonds Inc. File 4.3.6.2. Includes Wildlife Compact Disk distribution (February 2001), planning process for the WMP (January 1998), construction-phase records for the Panda Lake diversion channel (computer files, hand-written notes, photographs, undeveloped film and video of erosion at Grizzly Lake), Federal EIS submission history, and bird/caribou monitoring session planning. Distribution: Tamara Hamilton (INAC), Anne Wilson (Environment Canada), Kevin McCormick (Canadian Wildlife Service), Kathryn Emmett (GNWT RWED).
Wildlife Monitoring Correspondence Traditional Knowledge
Newspaper and Newsletter Clippings, BHP Diamonds Update Issues 1 to 4 (BHP Billiton, 1997)
1 December 1997Report
BHP Diamonds' December 1997 newsletter reporting on the Ekati Diamond Mine project in the Northwest Territories, covering construction progress (50-70% complete), safety achievements (one million work hours without lost time accident), employment and procurement statistics, operational updates including facility construction, exploration results, and organizational appointments as the project transitions toward production startup in October 1998.
Development Plans Exploration Monitoring Traditional Knowledge Wildlife
Environmental Management (Misc.) Binder, Table of Contents (IEMA, December 1997)
1 December 1997Report
First annual report from the Institute for Environmental Monitoring and Research covering environmental management systems and codes for the mining industry.
Monitoring Development Plans
Beartooth Lake 1997 Fisheries Resource and Habitat Survey (BHP Billiton, November 1997)
1 November 1997Report
This 1997 baseline fisheries resource and habitat survey of Beartooth Lake documents fish species composition, population estimates, condition factors, and habitat characteristics prior to planned bulk sampling diamond drilling. The survey found Arctic grayling and lake trout as primary species, with population estimates of 98–131 Arctic grayling and 42–46 lake trout susceptible to index gill nets, alongside oligotrophic water conditions and limited stream spawning habitat.
Aquatics Fish Habitat Monitoring
Water Licence N7L2-1616 Administrative Correspondence, Northwest Territories Water Board, BHP Diamonds & DIAND (NWT Water Board, October to November 1997)
1997Email
Email and faxed-letter correspondence binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine (1997-1998) — Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND, Yellowknife), distribution to Karen Azinger (BHP), Catherine MacQuarrie / Paul Bachand / Fred McFarland / David Milburn (DIAND), Government of the Northwest Territories, Nigel Bankes (Canadian Arctic Resources Committee). Includes NWT Water Board correspondence on Water Register N7L2-1616 (October 27 1997 letters to J.D. Excell, VP Operations BHP Diamonds Inc.), DIAND technical contacts Greg Cook (867-669-2656) and David Milburn (867-669-2650), Darren Unrau (Resource Management Officer DIAND South Mackenzie District), and IEMA contact details.
Correspondence Regulatory Water Licence Monitoring Development Plans
Bear Tracks No. 4, Grizzly Bear Studies Newsletter (West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, Fall/Winter 1997/98)
1 October 1997Permit
This Fall/Winter 1997/98 newsletter of the West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society reports on grizzly bear research in the central Arctic NWT, including evaluation of net-gun capture techniques, 1997 capture summaries of 57 bears, denning habitat studies, and wolf-bear interaction observations, along with updates on Diavik Diamond Mines wildlife baseline studies and Rob Gau's Master's thesis on bear food habits and body condition.
Grizzly Bear Wildlife Monitoring Development Plans
Inter Agency Coordinating Team (IACT) Meeting Notes and Correspondence (IEMA, September 1997)
1997Meeting Minutes
Inter-Agency Coordinating Team (IACT) Meeting Notes binder for the Ekati Diamond Project (September 1997 onwards). Includes Sean Kollee (IEMA) IACT-related correspondence to Society Members + Directors, DFO consultation requirements for Section 35(2) Fisheries Act authorizations and BHPB no-net-loss plans, Agency AGM coordination (October 24), Agency response process for the SRK/BHPB seepage report for 2001 (Jim Millard request), Lutsel K'e correspondence, and the IACT Terms of Reference — purpose to share information and coordinate the environmental requirements of the Ekati Diamond Project, with monthly or as-required meetings and topic-specific subgroups.
Board Meetings Correspondence Regulatory Water Quality Monitoring
Sediment Loading to Kodiak Lake Through the Panda Diversion Channel, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, September 1997)
1 September 1997Report
This report documents a sediment survey of Kodiak Lake conducted in August 1997 to assess sediment loading from the Panda Diversion Channel, which was constructed to maintain water connection between Panda and Kodiak lakes during mining operations at the NWT Diamonds Project. Results show that channel sediments were primarily confined to the delta at the channel mouth and shallow areas within approximately 200–600 meters of the discharge point, with thicknesses ranging from 2 to over 30 centimeters.
Water Quality Aquatics Monitoring
Federal & GNWT Review Comments, Revised BHP Construction Phase Environmental Management Plan (DIAND, September 1997)
1997Letter
Revised BHP Construction Environmental Management Plan — INAC (Yellowknife) editorial comments and suggestions for improvements transmittal September 8-9 1997 to John Witteman (BHP Environmental). Distribution: Julie Dahl (DFO), Steve Harbicht (Environment Canada), John Ramsey (Natural Resources Canada), Kathryn Emmett (GNWT Resources Wildlife & Economic Development). Includes Appendix I 1997 Wildlife Monitoring Plan (RWED Wildlife and Fisheries Division input) and Appendix L Archaeological Management Plan mitigation recommendation for handling human-remains discovery during construction.
Development Plans Correspondence Regulatory Wildlife
BHP Environmental Report Booklets, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, 1997 to 2000)
1 September 1997Report
BHP's Environmental Agreement Annual Report for 1997 documents the first year of environmental monitoring at Canada's first diamond mine, Ekati, located in the Northwest Territories. The report presents comprehensive baseline environmental studies and monitoring programs across air quality, aquatic effects, wildlife, archaeology, and reclamation efforts.
Development Plans Monitoring Aquatics
Traditional Knowledge on Community Health, Final Report (Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, August 1997)
31 August 1997Report
A Traditional Knowledge Study on Community Health documenting the perspectives of 29 Lutsel K'e Dene elders on community health indicators including leadership, togetherness, economic development, youth participation, family well-being, healing practices, and land use, conducted from March to August 1997 using action research methodology involving interviews, training, and community-based analysis.
Traditional Knowledge Yellowknives Dene Community-Based Monitoring
Research Strategy and Project Proposal Guidelines (WKSS, August 1997)
28 August 1997Report
This document establishes research strategy and project proposal guidelines for the West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society, a five-year collaborative study initiated in 1996 to collect baseline environmental, ecological, and socio-economic information for the Slave Geological Province in the Northwest Territories to support informed decision-making regarding development impacts. It provides detailed instructions for researchers submitting project proposals, selection criteria, and requirements for integrating traditional knowledge with scientific research.
Traditional Knowledge Monitoring Wildlife
Terms of Reference for Groundwater Study, Ekati Diamond Mine (MVLWB, August to October 1997)
1997Report
Ground Water Studies binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine (1997). Includes Piteau Associates' review (August 19 1997) of BHP's Proposed Terms of Reference for the Groundwater Study (transmitted to Tony Pearse, IEMA), Gordon (NWT Water Board) correspondence to Jim Excell (BHP) under Water Register N7L2-1616 (October 27 1997), and 3D Groundwater Model methodology — periodic GIS-based comparison and calibration with Operational Plan data, geologic mapping inputs, freshet-volume dewatering buffer, characterization of pre-mining regional gradients with discharge to Long Lake and Kodiak Lake, and fault-zone discrete-flow modelling in 2D vs 3D.
Water Quality Monitoring Regulatory Correspondence Development Plans

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