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The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board distributes a regular update on environmental review activities for the BHP Ekati diamond mine expansion and the Ranger Oil/Canadian Forest Oil/Chevron natural gas development, outlining required consultations, development descriptions, and next steps in the environmental assessment process.
The IEMA requests that the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board copy the Agency on all environmental matters related to BHP's Ekati Diamond Mine project to fulfill its mandated role as a public watchdog and maintain a public repository of environmental data and reports.
Email transmitting meeting minutes and dispute documentation regarding the interpretation of IEMA's Separate Fund usage under the Resolution Agreement, specifically whether the fund covers only public hearings or broader regulatory processes including plan and report reviews for water licence approvals at Ekati Diamond Mine.
Exploration (BHP) binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine claims (2002-2008). Includes correspondence between Dave Abernethy (BHPB), Jason Brennan (DIAND), Julie Ellison (BHPB), Bruce Hanna (DFO), and Latisha Heilman (MVLWB) on Mineral Exploration Pelonquin Lake Area, winter 2008 drilling program update MV2002C0040, amendment to Land Use Permit MV2001C0026 for ground geophysics, and Boxcar Camp exploration overview (77,000 L double-walled fuel tank, 10'x28' utility trailer on skis, bulldozer/tractor-trailers/water truck/snow cat equipment, grid-control pickets). Maps locate Gazelle, Phoenix, Piranha claim blocks relative to Ekati Diamond Mine and Diavik's proposed mine (UTM coordinates 64°30'-64°45'N, 110°-110°45'W).
BHP's official opening ceremony for Canada's first diamond mine at Ekati on October 14, 1998, celebrating successful construction completed on time and within budget, with remarks from federal and territorial officials praising safety, environmental management, and benefits to northern communities and aboriginal peoples.
1998 Waste Rock Seepage Survey results for the Ekati Diamond Mine, transmitted by BHP Diamonds Inc. (November 12 1998) to Red Pedersen, Chairman, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, with INAC-South Mackenzie District fax to Peter McCart. Tables 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 report SEEP-002-98, SEEP-003-98, SEEP-004-98 seepage station results at the east toe of the Panda Till Dump and 700 m / 1 km downstream, with field parameters (pH, temperature) and grab/average chemistry vs. criteria for June and September 1998 sampling.
BHP Diamonds' official opening newsletter documenting the inauguration of Canada's first diamond mine at Ekati on October 14, 1998, featuring speeches from government and mining officials, construction achievements completed safely on time and budget, and ongoing operations including a new sorting and valuation facility in Yellowknife.
EBA Engineering's final design report for the Long Lake intermediate dykes at Ekati Diamond Mine, detailing the engineering design, site geotechnical conditions, stability analyses, and construction specifications for four rockfill retention dykes to subdivide the tailings basin into five cells.
This annual report to Parliament details the administration and enforcement of fish habitat protection and pollution prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act for fiscal year 1996-97, including policy issues regarding habitat delegation to provinces, operational reviews of major development projects, and conviction statistics across Canada.
BHP Diamonds Inc. newsletter (April 1998) reporting on construction progress toward initial production at the Ekati Diamond Mine, including employment targets being exceeded (40% northern, 18% aboriginal employment), business procurement achievements (52% of spending in the North), a major safety milestone of one million accident-free hours, and operational updates on mining, process plant assembly, and workforce training initiatives.
Sable, Pigeon and Beartooth (SPB) Binder 1 for the Ekati Diamond Mine BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (2001-2002). Tab 1 General Information including Information Update #8 on EA progress for SPB Kimberlite Pipe development, BHP commitment to update relevant plans and monitoring programs under the Environmental Agreement, correspondence Marc Lange (DFO) / Derek Chubb (BHP) / Scott Williams (BHP) / Zabey Nevitt (Agency). Includes MVEIRB issued Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference for the BHP Diamonds Inc. Beartooth, Pigeon and Sable Kimberlite Pit Mine Extension covering Developer Identification, Tenure, Developer's Policies, Performance Record, Regulatory Regime, and Conformity. Also includes wolf-den-site discussion (revisitable previously-active sites, two-week pre-monitoring requirements, natal-den-site preferences).
1998 Archaeological Investigations for BHP Diamonds Inc. at the Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, prepared for BHP Diamonds Inc. (Yellowknife) and transmitted to Red Pedersen, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, July 7 1999. Surveyed proposed Sable Lake road area near Pigeon Lake, documenting sites LeNt-18, LeNt-19, LdNs-29, LeNu-20 (artifact inventories: grey quartz flake / scraper, chert burin tool, quartzite tools — Tables 7, 11, 12 with raw material, type, weight and dimensions).
Air Quality Monitoring Binder 3 for the Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton). Includes April 24 GNWT air-quality and emissions meeting notes (May 2008), 2005 Air Quality Monitoring Program and CALPUFF Air Dispersion Modelling Assessment reports release, Air Quality Management and Monitoring Plan (AQMP) status updates by Eric Denholm (BHPB) and Carole Mills (IEMA), Rescan ISC3 modelling commentary, BHP diesel-fuel emission factors (0.84 t SOx and 58.8 t NOx per million litres of diesel; ~50 million litres/year), and reprints of Pomeroy & Jones (1996) "Wind-Blown Snow: Sublimation, Transport and Changes to Polar Snow" (NATO ASI Series Vol I 43).
Aboriginal and Community Issues (Miscellaneous) Binder for the Ekati / NWT diamond mining sector (1998-2004). Includes Deh Cho First Nations Interim Measures Agreement territorial-boundary map and Appendix II Draft Guidelines for the Development of a Deh Cho Land Use Plan, North Slave Metis Alliance (NSMA) correspondence, GNWT correspondence, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. (Joe Carrabba, President, April 30 2004) letter to Hon. Andy Mitchell, Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (Ottawa), and academic references on tribal mineral resource development (American Indian Law Review 9, 161-194, 1981) and mineral taxation in developing countries (Palmer 1980).
Cumulative Effects Assessment (CEA) binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine area (2001-2002). Includes Francois Messier (University of Saskatchewan) for EMAB Cumulative Impacts and the Bathurst Caribou Herd report (proposed tools for assessing effects), Anne Gunn (GNWT RWED), Lorraine Seale, Environment Canada (Prairie and Northern Region) and Yellowknives Dene First Nation (Rachel Crapeau) participation, Workshop on Preliminary NWT Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management Framework (CEAMF) January 8-February 8 2001, and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency CEA Practitioners Guide (140-page state-of-the-art guide, English/French).
"The Use of Traditional Knowledge in the Environmental Management of Ekati" binder for the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA, Yellowknife). Includes TK planning meeting notes and participants list, Excerpts from BHP's Environmental Agreement and BHP's Environmental Agreement Annual Report (Part B), West Kitikmeot Slave Study (WKSS) funded studies, Lutsel K'e Dene gathering of Dene way-of-life knowledge (Dene ch'anie) and Chipewyan terminology for species/habitat in the Gahcho Kue area (December 8 1998 Lutsel K'e Dene letter), 1997 discovery of 30 new archaeological sites with re-recording of three previously documented sites, and BHP-Metis Impact and Benefits Agreement negotiation tensions.
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.
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).
The Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency transmits its draft "Policy Respecting Information Exchange, Communication and Coordination" to the NWT Water Board for comment, establishing protocols for how the Agency will interact with regulatory bodies, BHP, and government regarding environmental information sharing and coordination related to the Ekati Diamond Mine.
BHP Diamonds Inc. requests modification to water licence N7L2-1616 to repair and reline the Phase 1 tailings containment area due to liner damage discovered during inspection. The remediation work includes dewatering the unlined portion, removing the pumphouse, installing a new HDPE liner, and infilling with till material and waste rock.