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A speaker provides testimony at a public hearing on the BHP NWT Diamonds Project, expressing concerns about insufficient environmental assessment, lack of transparency by BHP regarding the Boston property bulk sampling program, inadequate baseline studies for wildlife impact assessment, and radioactivity measurement errors in the Environmental Impact Statement.
Presentation by the Town of Hay River and area organizations to the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel supporting BHP's proposed diamond mine development at Lac de Gras, highlighting economic benefits, employment opportunities, and environmental mitigation measures while addressing concerns about regional development impacts.
The NWT Caribou Outfitters' Association submits concerns to the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel regarding the proposed NWT Diamonds Project, focusing on potential impacts to caribou populations from air and road traffic, and recommending comprehensive monitoring, traffic management plans, and consideration of effects on the outfitting industry.
The Canadian Arctic Resources Committee presents its position on the BHP diamond mine environmental assessment to the EARP panel, stating conditional support for the project if it meets criteria including economic diversification contributions, environmental monitoring and enforcement, impact-benefit agreements with aboriginal peoples, and integration of traditional knowledge into project planning.
Finning Ltd. presents itself to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel as a potential equipment and service supplier, highlighting its 40+ years of operations in the Northwest Territories and demonstrating its commitment to environmental management, social responsibility, health and safety, employee training, and labour relations.
Faxed compilation of publicly available statistics on BHP's diamond mining project in the Northwest Territories, including exploration and capital costs, operating costs, estimated cash flows, GDP and revenue contributions, employment figures, and diamond reserve valuations.
Dan Murphy, Senior Government Negotiator for the Dogrib Treaty 11 Comprehensive Land Claim, provides maps and documentation to the EARP Panel regarding land withdrawals and interim protection agreements affecting the BHP Diamond Mine project site in the Northwest Territories, clarifying that neither Dene/Metis nor Dogrib withdrawn areas included the proposed project location.
This comprehensive submission by the Lutsel K'e First Nation to the NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Review Panel opposes BHP/Diamet's proposed mine development in the Akaitcho Territory, citing inadequate consultation, insufficient traditional knowledge integration, negative past experience with development impacts (Nanacho Lake and Stark Lake), and major unresolved environmental, social, and aboriginal rights concerns regarding caribou migration, water quality, wildlife habitat, and cultural survival. The submission includes five separate technical session presentations addressing wildlife, socio-economic impacts, environmental management plans, water quality, and traditional knowledge, along with a covering letter and general opposition statement, all received in February 1996.
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing technical session on traditional knowledge for the BHP Diamonds Inc. Northwest Territories Diamonds Project (Ekati), held in Yellowknife on February 13, 1996. BHP presented its approach to incorporating traditional knowledge into the project through a two-phase study, emphasizing partnership and involvement of aboriginal groups, while panel members and government representatives questioned the adequacy of methodology, application to specific environmental concerns like caribou, and protection of intellectual property rights.
Lutsel K'e First Nation submission to the NWT Diamonds Project environmental assessment hearings expressing concerns that BHP/Diamet failed to adequately consult with the community and incorporate traditional knowledge, and that the proponent has insufficiently assessed impacts to the Bathurst caribou herd, fish populations, birds, and wildlife habitat.
The Lutsel K'e First Nation submission to the NWT Diamonds Project environmental review hearings argues that the Environmental Impact Statement inadequately incorporates traditional knowledge and contains inaccurate information about land use, wildlife impacts, and archaeological sites. The submission recommends postponing the project until comprehensive traditional knowledge research is completed with full consultation and adequate time and resources provided to Indigenous peoples.
Environment Canada's comprehensive submission to the Federal Environmental Assessment Panel for the BHP NWT Diamonds Project at Lac de Gras, providing technical evaluation of environmental impacts across emergency response, air quality, water resources, and wildlife, with detailed recommendations for monitoring, contingency planning, and mitigation measures for approval and operation of the mine.
DIAND presents its regulatory role, policies, and position on the BHP diamond mine project to the environmental review panel, covering water and land licensing requirements, diamond-specific policies (royalties, valuation, security), minesite reclamation policy, upcoming land claims settlements and regulatory regime changes, and concluding that the project can be regulated under current and proposed regulatory frameworks with adequate mitigation of environmental impacts.
Presentation by Hal Mills to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel on February 12, 1996, describing the West Kitikmeot / Slave Study Society's establishment, objectives, management structure, and partners' accord for conducting a five-year environmental and socio-economic study of mineral development impacts in the Slave Geological Province.
This document contains Yellowknives Dene First Nation presentations to the EARP (Environmental Assessment Review Panel) hearing on February 12, 1996, regarding the BHP diamond mine project, along with a NWT Treaty 8 Tribal Council analysis of the proposed Mackenzie Valley Resource Management Act (MVRMA). The Yellowknives Dene assert their traditional land use rights, demand settlement of Treaty entitlements before mine development proceeds, and express concerns about impacts to land, water, wildlife, and caribou migration. The Treaty 8 analysis argues that the MVRMA violates Treaty and aboriginal rights by imposing federal governance structures over unceded Dene territory without consent.
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing on BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed Northwest Territories diamond mine project near Lac de Gras, held in Yellowknife on February 12, 1996. The hearing included BHP's project overview presentation covering mining operations, environmental baseline studies, wildlife and water management, and socio-economic benefits, followed by questioning from the panel, government agencies, aboriginal organizations, and environmental groups on environmental compliance, land claims, caribou impacts, and corporate accountability.
WWF Canada submits to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, presenting concerns about exploration impacts, protected areas establishment, infrastructure development, esker protection, water quality management, and social impacts in the Central Arctic region. The submission recommends regulatory changes and specific management practices to address environmental risks from the proposed mine and potential future mining developments.
A Deh Cho First Nations presentation to a BHP hearing outlining principles for economic development based on the Deh Cho Means Business conference, emphasizing environmental protection, community control, wellness, and partnerships; accompanied by correspondence from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada regarding oil and gas land protection measures and a commentary on Indigenous land rights and sovereignty.
This overview document presents lake water quality measurements from the Slave Province area of the Northwest Territories, Canada, conducted during 1993-1994 open water seasons to support the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development's Arctic Environmental Strategy. The study analyzed water chemistry across multiple lakes and parameters to establish baseline conditions and detect impacts from developments, particularly mining operations.
A fourteen-year-old student from Ndilo addresses mining impacts on the environment and Indigenous hunting rights, expressing concerns about air and water pollution from mines and questioning restrictions on hunting caribou and other wildlife on ancestral lands.