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Letter from the Northwest Territories Education, Culture and Employment Director to the BHP Diamond Mine Panel Manager requesting that archaeological site protection be addressed in the environmental impact statement for the proposed BHP Diamonds Inc. diamond mine project.
BHP Diamonds Inc. submits an application package to the Canadian Coast Guard under the Navigable Waters Protection Act for the proposed NWT Diamonds Project, a 25-year diamond mining operation near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories. The application includes detailed technical summaries of all works affecting navigable waters, including water intake systems, diversion channels, lake dewatering procedures, tailings disposal in Long Lake with perimeter dams, discharge systems, and fisheries compensation measures.
Glenn Zelinski, president of Frontier Mining & Industrial Supplies Ltd., submits a letter to the E.A.R.P. Panel regarding the proposed BHP Diamond Project in the Northwest Territories, expressing support for the project while raising concerns about potential delays, mining restrictions, and local supplier support.
Draft guidelines issued by the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel for BHP Diamonds Inc. to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed diamond mine in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories. The document outlines comprehensive requirements for describing the project, existing environment, anticipated biophysical and socio-economic effects, mitigation measures, monitoring programs, and consultation with aboriginal peoples and communities.
Speaking notes from Tom Hoefer of the NWT Chamber of Mines presenting the organization's submission to the BHP Ekati Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment and Research Panel scoping session, addressing the chamber's support for the project and specific concerns with the draft Environmental Impact Statement guidelines.
Mike Beauregard presents scoping comments to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Review Panel, comparing the proposed operation's scale to Pine Point, advocating for health and safety protocols (dust and water control), and raising concerns about the ten-fold increase in winter road traffic and associated socio-environmental impacts.
BHP Diamonds Inc. NWT Diamonds — Bulk Sampling Misery Lake Additional Information submission, January 17 1995, from BHP Diamonds Inc. (Yellowknife) to David Livingstone, Director Natural Resources & Environment, Department of Indian Affairs & Northern Development (DIAND, P.O. Box 1500, Yellowknife). Covers the exploration access road from west of Paul Lake to Misery Lake (following natural drainage divides, 10 km connecting road to other exploration targets), spring-freshet peak-flow accommodation at the Paul Lake stream crossing, Fish Habitat Assessment using back-pack electroshocker (1994 spring/summer survey — adult fish dominance spring with spawning grayling), and EBA Engineering particle-size analyses of soils (clay/silt/sand/gravel grading).
This document provides a detailed response to a Review Panel request for information on the corporate and management structure of BHP Diamonds Inc., the mechanisms ensuring compliance with BHP environmental policies, and the environmental management systems implemented throughout the organization for the NWT Diamonds Project.
This is a five-part fact sheet series explaining the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, which came into force in January 1995, and the role of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in administering the federal environmental assessment process. The document outlines the types of assessments (screening, comprehensive study, mediation, and panel review), public participation opportunities, regulatory frameworks, and participant funding for environmental reviews of federally-authorized projects.
News Reports clipping binder for the Ekati / BHP Diamond Mine project (1996-2001). Includes Yellowknifer (February 28 1996, Mark Sproxton Hotham News Services) "Hiring causes concerns But businesses behind diamond project", Globe and Mail (January 9 1996) Reuters report "Broken Hill charged with harming fish — Hopes to build diamond mine on Arctic site" (charges around mud-sediment from winter drilling clouding Misery Lake), and political/business commentary on BHP Minerals + Dia Met bringing a Lac de Gras diamond mine on stream, treaty rights cautions, and Bill C-68 firearms-legislation hunting impacts.
BHP Minerals Canada Ltd. submitted comprehensive baseline environmental study protocols to the Regional Environmental Review Committee in October 1993 for the NWT Diamonds Project located near Yellowknife. The document outlines protocols for biophysical sampling programs including climate, hydrology, water quality, aquatic ecology, fisheries, soils, permafrost, vegetation, wildlife, heritage resources, and socioeconomic studies to establish environmental baseline conditions in anticipation of potential full-scale mining development at the Koala and Fox kimberlite pipes.
This regulation establishes the Northwest Territories Waters Regulations, replacing the Northern Inland Waters Regulations, and sets out comprehensive licensing criteria, fees, and application procedures for water use and waste deposit across various undertaking types including industrial, mining, municipal, power, agricultural, conservation, and recreational activities.
Correspondence binder for the BHP Diamond Project from November 1994 to October 1996, organized around the Northwest Territories Water Board Water Register N7L2-1616 Class A Water Licence Application. Includes correspondence with Pape & Salter Barristers & Solicitors (Vancouver — Arthur Pape), Bayly Williams Barristers & Solicitors (John U. Bayly Q.C., Jack R. Williams, Gerald D. McLaren), Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, INAC (Bruce L. Turner, BHP Minerals Canada Project Manager), and Northwest Territories Water Act 40-41 Elizabeth II Chapter 39. Discusses early grizzly-bear deterrent considerations in the Exeter Lake area following RERC meetings.
The Northwest Territories Waters Act, assented to June 23, 1992, establishes the legal framework for managing water resources in the Northwest Territories, creating the Northwest Territories Water Board to issue water use and waste deposit licences and regulate water management through type A and type B licensing systems.
The Northwest Territories Water Board published guidelines for the discharge of treated municipal wastewater in the NWT, establishing effluent quality criteria and receiving water quality objectives to protect public health and environmental quality. The document specifies treatment requirements, monitoring protocols, and licensing procedures for municipal waste systems across different receiving environments including streams, rivers, lakes, estuaries, and marine waters.
The Northwest Territories Water Board's 1992 guidelines establish effluent quality standards and receiving water quality objectives for the discharge of treated municipal wastewater throughout the NWT, incorporating revised criteria based on empirical data and addressing summer/winter discharge differences, operational requirements, and site-specific considerations.
A Department of Fisheries and Oceans publication explaining Canada's Fisheries Act and its protections for fish habitat, including definitions, prohibitions, compliance obligations, enforcement powers, and penalties for harmful alterations or pollution of fish spawning, rearing, and migration areas in Canadian waters.
This Environmental Studies report (Volume II) presents research and monitoring results from 1983-1988 for the Norman Wells Pipeline, a 869 km buried oil pipeline in permafrost terrain, documenting pipe and ground thermal conditions, thaw depths, surface settlement, wood chip insulation performance, and overall terrain response to construction and operation.
Abandonment & Restoration (Miscellaneous) Binder for the Ekati / Northwest Territories mining sector covering 1990-2006. Includes the January 2006 NWT Mine Site Reclamation Guidelines, "Best Environmental Management Practices for Mining in NWT" draft examples, BC Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection water-quality protection guidelines, and Island Copper Mine (BHP Minerals Canada, Vancouver) closure case study by Aspinall — covering social-aspect closure planning, worker retraining, salvage value treatment, dynamic closure scope.
A comprehensive overview study of surface water resources in the Coppermine River basin, Northwest Territories, examining water quantity and quality data collected by Environment Canada's Inland Waters Directorate, with analysis of hydrologic characteristics, regional context, and implications for future mineral and hydroelectric development.