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Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency Evaluation Report (Macleod Institute, March 2000)
7 March 2000Report
The Macleod Institute conducted a performance evaluation of the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency's effectiveness in meeting its mandate under the Environmental Agreement for the Ekati Diamond Mine, assessing the Agency's monitoring, public involvement, and management activities through interviews with 29 stakeholders and document review. The evaluation found the Agency's technical contributions well-received but identified significant gaps in community communications, liaison functions, and strategic planning.
Environmental Agreement Monitoring Traditional Knowledge Correspondence
Reclamation Research Program, 1999, Ekati Diamond Mine (ABR Inc., May 2000)
1 March 2000Report
This 1999 annual report documents BHP Diamonds' reclamation research program at the Ekati Diamond Mine, evaluating kimberlite and lake sediment as growth substrates for vegetation, assessing riparian and wetland vegetation establishment in the Panda Diversion Channel, and monitoring reclamation efforts at multiple mine disturbance sites. The research focused on developing techniques to support long-term plant establishment and ecosystem recovery in support of mine closure and reclamation objectives.
Closure & Reclamation Revegetation Kimberlite Tailings Water Quality
Water Surveillance Network Program (SNP) Monthly Reports, Water Licence N7L2-1616, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, 1998 to 1999)
1 March 2000Report
Monthly water surveillance network program report for December 1999 and November 1999 from BHP Diamonds Inc. for the Ekati Diamond Mine, presenting detailed water sampling results, chemical analyses, flow measurements, and weather data from multiple monitoring stations in compliance with water licence N7L2-1616.
Monitoring Water Quality SNP
Building Better Cumulative Effects Assessments, Participants Resource Binder (Banff Centre for Management, March 2000)
2000Report
Cumulative Effects Assessment — Participants Resource Binder from Banff Cumulative Environmental Effects (CE) workshop, March 1997. Sessions led by Bill Ross (University of Calgary), Jeff Green (AXYS), with appraisers (Vicki Robin Elford), Telus (Lionel Peel) and others. Covers urban EIA / more CE / more people, CE assessment perspectives, definitions and context, difficulties undertaking CEA. Includes "A Guide to Environmental Assessments: Assessing Cumulative Effects" (March 1997 — Authorities and Reference Appendix), Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Reference Guide for cumulative effects, and Central Rockies ecosystem / Banff National Park ecological integrity and interjurisdictional land-management cooperation case study.
Development Plans Monitoring Wildlife Water Quality Air Quality
Information Exchange, Communication and Coordination Policy (IEMA, March 2000)
2000Report
Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA, Yellowknife, monitor@yk.com) policy and procedure binder, ~2000-2001, covering the Agency's Information Exchange, Communication and Coordination Policy (handling public-record misinformation, distribution of inspection reports for the Class A water license / land leases / land use permits at the Ekati Diamond Mine, preliminary vs. detailed review procedures, fax cover sheets).
Environmental Agreement Correspondence Regulatory
Summary Report, Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1999 & Environmental Impact Report 2000, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2000)
~2000Report
Approximate date — inferred from filename
BHP's Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1999 and Environmental Impact Report 2000 document the company's environmental management programs and monitoring activities at the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, covering monitoring of air quality, water, wildlife, and archaeological sites over the first three years of mine operations from 1996-1999.
Environmental Agreement Monitoring Air Quality
Wolf Notes No. 4, Winter 1999 to 2000 (GNWT, Winter 1999 to 2000)
1 February 2000Report
A newsletter from the Northwest Territories Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development containing updates on the NWT Esker/Wolf Project including Phase 1 completion with 58 wolves captured and monitored, grizzly bear research in the central arctic, and a brief report on non-lethal bear control methods in British Columbia. The document includes acknowledgments of support from mining companies including Ekati Diamond Mine, Diavik Diamond Mines, and other organizations.
Wildlife Monitoring Grizzly Bear Traditional Knowledge
Operating Environmental Management Plan and Supporting Documents A to F, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, February 2000)
2000Report
EKATI Diamond Mine Operating Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) Supporting Documents A-F (February 2000, BHP Diamonds Inc., Yellowknife). Includes Support Document D Spill and General Contingency Plan, the Waste Management Plan (Section 3.0 Contingency Planning for improper disposal / fire / extreme weather and safety-cease procedures for landfill operations), Air Quality Management & Monitoring Plan QA for ambient air monitoring systems (per US EPA Quality Assurance Handbook for Air Pollutant Measurement Systems), and references to Pomeroy / Marsh / Jones / Davies "Spatial Distribution of Snow Chemical Load at the Tundra-Taiga Transition" (Biogeochemistry of Seasonally Snow-covered Catchments).
Development Plans Regulatory Air Quality
Waste Rock & Ore Storage Management Plan and Wastewater & Processed Kimberlite Management Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, February 2000)
1 February 2000Report
This document is the Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine, detailing the characterization, geochemical testing, and management strategies for mine waste rock, ore storage, and drainage from four kimberlite pipes (Panda, Koala, Misery, and Fox) scheduled for sequential mining between 1997 and 2014. The plan includes rock type geology, results of geochemical testing, water quality predictions, waste management strategies, and monitoring protocols required under the Type A Water Licence.
Waste Rock Acid Rock Drainage Geochemistry
Interim Abandonment and Restoration Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, February 2000)
1 February 2000Report
This interim abandonment and restoration plan describes BHP's strategy for reclaiming disturbed areas at the Ekati Diamond Mine following the mining of four kimberlite pipes (Panda, Koala, Fox, and Misery) over a projected 15-year operational period. The plan details reclamation approaches for open pits, underground facilities, tailings containment areas, waste rock storage, water management structures, quarries, roads, and other infrastructure, emphasizing stable landforms, water resource protection, and facilitation of natural recovery through progressive reclamation, revegetation research, and post-closure monitoring.
Closure & Reclamation Closure Plan Revegetation
Operating Environmental Management Plan (OEMP), Supporting Documents G to M, Ekati Diamond Mine (Echo Bay Mines, February 2000)
2000Report
EKATI Diamond Mine Operating Environmental Management Plan (OEMP) Supporting Documents G-M (February 2000). Includes Support Document G Echo Bay Mines Ltd. Highway and Winter Road Drivers' Policy and Procedures Manual (winter-road operations to/from Ekati), Archaeological Management Plan Summary of Recorded Archaeological Sites Table 1 (LeNu-1 through LeNu-x sites at Exeter esker recorded 1994 / revisited 1996-1997 with GPS coordinates, site types, impact predicted, previous-disturbance ratings), and Standards Council of Canada Accredited Laboratory No. 277 QA/QC plan for Dissolved Chromium/Cobalt/Copper and Total Coliforms (D.W. Wilson, Deputy Director, Standardization).
Development Plans Regulatory Correspondence Monitoring
Kodiak Lake Sewage Effects Study Technical Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2000)
31 January 2000Report
This technical report presents results from the 1999 Kodiak Lake Sewage Effects Study, the third and final year of a three-year monitoring program examining the effects of treated sewage effluent discharge on the lake ecosystem. The report documents changes in water quality, biological communities, sediment conditions, and fish populations from 1994–1999, and includes dissolved oxygen modelling and assessment of downstream impacts on Little Lake.
Wastewater Aquatics Water Quality
Notice of Board Meeting, January 29-30, 2000 (MVEIRB, January 2000)
19 January 2000Memo
The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board announces a regular board meeting on January 29-30, 2000, inviting interested parties to make presentations of a general nature on the environmental assessment process during the public portion on January 29, 2000.
Board Meetings Agendas
Waste Rock and Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage Survey Case File, Ekati Diamond Mine (WLWB, 2000 to 2008)
2000–2008Report
Waste Rock Seepage Survey binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., later under Wek'èezhìi and Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board oversight) covering 1999–2008. Includes annual spring/summer seepage survey reports, BHPB correspondence (Laura Tyler, Jim Millard, David Scott, Brent Murphy, Sarah Baines), MVLWB/WLWB correspondence (Violet Camsell-Blondin, Ryan Fequet, Sevanna), 2005 EIR (Environmental Impact Review) technical meetings, ICRP (Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan) Terms of Reference, 2006 Water and Processed Kimberlite Management Plan (WPKMP), Surveillance Network Program non-compliance correspondence (Red Pederson Agency / John Witteman BHP), and Water Licence MV2003L2-0013 documents.
Waste Rock Water Quality Regulatory Geochemistry
Directory of Members (Ontario Association for Impact Assessment (OAIA), 2000) (OAIA, 2000)
~2000Report
Approximate date — inferred from filename
This is a 2000 membership directory for the Ontario Association For Impact Assessment (OAIA), an affiliate of the International Association for Impact Assessment, containing contact information and professional details for approximately 250+ members from government agencies, consulting firms, universities, and non-profit organizations involved in environmental assessment and planning across Canada.
Correspondence Uncategorized / needs review
Naturally North, The Natural Regions of Nunavut (Northwest Territories Protected Areas Strategy, 2000)
~2000Report
Approximate date — inferred from filename
This educational booklet describes the six natural ecozones of Nunavut, detailing the physical characteristics, climate, vegetation, wildlife, and human communities of each region: Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago Marine, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, and Hudson Plains.
Wildlife Birds Caribou Traditional Knowledge
Naturally North: The Natural Regions of Nunavut (GNWT, 2000)
~2000Report
Approximate date — inferred from filename
This educational booklet describes the six natural ecozones of Nunavut—Arctic Cordillera, Northern Arctic, Arctic Archipelago Marine, Southern Arctic, Taiga Shield, and Hudson Plains—detailing their physical characteristics, climate, flora, fauna, and human populations. It explains how landscape, climate, and living organisms interact to define each ecozone and discusses protected areas as essential to maintaining ecosystem health and cultural heritage in the North.
Wildlife Habitat Assessment Caribou Birds
Water Licence N7L2-1616 Amendment for Dewatering and Mining of Fox Lake, Case File (BHP Billiton, 2000 to 2004)
2000–2004Regulatory Filing
This is a comprehensive regulatory filing document containing correspondence and meeting records spanning from 2000 to 2004 regarding BHP Billiton's Fox Pit water licence amendment application for the Ekati Diamond Mine, including dewatering plans, fish habitat compensation, waste rock storage, and environmental monitoring requirements reviewed by multiple regulatory agencies.
Regulatory Water Licence Development Plans
Various Research Binder 2, Caribou Management, Cumulative Effects and Metal Mining Effluent Regulations Collected Papers (GNWT, 2000 to 2006)
2000–2006Report
Various Research Binder 2 — includes "Caribou Forever — Our Heritage, Our Responsibility: A Barren-ground Caribou Management Strategy for the Northwest Territories 2006-2010" (GNWT Environment and Natural Resources), US Wildlife Research Reports including Eberhardt/Chapman/Gilbert (1979) marine mammal census methods, James Wiley white-crowned pigeon biology, Joseph Hall (1981) Pinyon National Park, Messick & Hornocker (1981) badger ecology southwest Idaho, and Sargeant/Allen/Eberhardt (1984) red fox predation on breeding ducks. Also Inspector enforcement-criteria framework (nature of offense, effectiveness, consistency) and bilingual EN/FR contacts.
Caribou Wildlife Traditional Knowledge Habitat Assessment
Kodiak Lake Sewage Effects Study Technical Report, Appendices, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2000)
1 January 2000Report
Technical report documenting the 1999 Kodiak Lake Sewage Effects Study conducted by Rescan Environmental Services for BHP Diamonds Inc., including detailed stream flow monitoring data from multiple locations (Grizzly, PDC Mouth, Kodiak-Little) throughout the year with discharge measurements, gauge heights, velocities, and field methodology.
Monitoring Water Quality Aquatics

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