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PCL Constructors Northern Inc. presents to the Environmental Review Panel on the socio-economic benefits of BHP's proposed diamond mine at Lac De Gras, highlighting employment opportunities, long-term community growth in Yellowknife, and aboriginal training programs based on their experience with the Colomac Gold Mine Project.
Ray Anderson's public submission to the BEF Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel argues that the review process is flawed and overly restrictive toward the BHP Diamond project compared to other mines, and advocates for establishing clear development criteria and balancing economic benefits with environmental protection in the Northwest Territories.
Gord Stewart, president of Braden Burry Expediting Services Ltd., presents to the Environmental Review Panel in support of the BHP Diamonds proposed project at Lac de Gras, highlighting his company's economic dependence on mining operations, BHP's positive track record, and concerns about project delays affecting northern economic development.
Mayor Dan Marion of Rae-Edzo presents to the NWT BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, offering qualified community support for the Lac de Gras diamond mine proposal contingent on equitable distribution of economic benefits, adequate training for Dogrib workers, and environmental protection. He emphasizes Rae-Edzo's severe unemployment crisis (42%) and argues the mine could provide significant economic relief while cautioning that the panel appears biased toward environmental issues over socioeconomic concerns.
Speaking notes for Ted Blondin presenting the Dogrib Treaty 11 Council's position at EARP scoping hearings on the proposed BHP diamond mine near Lac de Gras, asserting Dogrib aboriginal and treaty rights, the importance of traditional knowledge in impact assessment, and the need for the mine to respect Dogrib subsistence practices and land stewardship if it proceeds.
Mayor Dan Marion of Rae-Edzo presents qualified support for BHP's proposed Lac de Gras diamond mine to an NWT environmental assessment panel, emphasizing the critical need for employment and training opportunities in his community while requesting equitable distribution of economic benefits and environmental protection of traditional harvesting areas.
Speaking notes for the Dogrib Treaty 11 Council at EARP scoping hearings presenting concerns about the proposed BHP diamond mine near Lac de Gras, emphasizing Dogrib aboriginal and treaty rights, the importance of traditional knowledge in impact assessment, and the need for sustainable development practices that respect Dogrib subsistence and wildlife resources.
Tony Vane of Yellowknife Motors Ltd. writes to the Environmental Assessment Panel in support of BHP Minerals' proposed diamond mine in the Northwest Territories, citing economic benefits including job creation, business growth, and increased commercial activity in Yellowknife and the region.
Background presentation by outfitters Mike Freeland and Fred Webb to the BHP Environmental Assessment Panel regarding negative impacts of diamond exploration and mining on their established hunting and tourism operations at Lac de Gras and Courageous Lake in the Northwest Territories, including interference with caribou migration routes and loss of revenue.
Mike Freeland and Fred Webb of Quaivik Limited present background information to the BHP Environmental Assessment Panel describing how diamond exploration activities at Lac de Gras have negatively impacted their licensed outfitting business, disrupted caribou migration patterns, and threatened employment for Aboriginal guides and staff since 1992.
Submission SCP-050 — NWT Enviro Watch (Yellowknife, April 11 1995) to John Mathers, Panel Manager, BHP Diamond Mine Panel, faxed via FEARO Vancouver. NWT Enviro Watch comments on the BHP-DiaMet EIS Guidelines (similar to the April 11-12 1995 NWT Enviro Watch submission in batch 5). Includes News/North (April 10 1995, page A21) news clipping context.
The Métis Nation - Northwest Territories submits detailed comments on the Draft Guidelines for the BHP Diamonds Project Environmental Impact Statement, highlighting the proponent's failure to recognize Métis aboriginal rights, land claims, and consultation obligations in the North Slave Region, and requesting specific requirements for impact assessment methodologies, socio-economic baseline data, and mitigation measures across construction, operations, and abandonment phases.
The Canadian Arctic Resources Committee submits comments on the Draft Guidelines for the BHP Diamond Mine environmental review, recommending expanded scope to address cumulative regional mineral development, stronger government participation, project justification requirements, and proper consideration of aboriginal rights and traditional ecological knowledge.
Northern Environmental Coalition (NEC) presentation summary to the Federal Environmental Assessment and Review Office (FEARO) Panel Information Office, April 5 1995 — Ecology North (Chris O'Brien, Director) and Sierra Legal Defence Fund. Covers project justification, cumulative effects, environmental review timing not driven by industry timetable, the BHP Project as a precedent/test case for mining in the Slave Geological Province (SGP), federal-provincial hydro plans for the Snare and Hood Rivers as alternative power for the project, and the five-year regional SGP study tied to Terms of Reference.
A letter from Alex Hall of Canoe Arctic Inc. to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel expressing strong opposition to the proposed diamond mine at Lac de Gras, arguing that it will inevitably trigger extensive industrial development and destruction of the Barren Lands, Canada's last great wilderness area.
NWT Enviro Watch comments to John Mathers, Panel Manager, BHP Diamond Mine Panel (April 11-12 1995, faxed via FEARO Vancouver). Provides organization comments on the BHP / DiaMet project description and EIS Guidelines, including BHP Mineral's DMS plant daily tonnage milled plot (1994-1995 Panda/Misery/Koala/Fox underground production projections — Leslie 1995 reference), citation of Canada Gazette Part II Vol 127 No 13 SOR/DORS/93-303 (Schedule V Licensing Criteria, Sections 5 and 8 — placer claims and waste disposal), and Misery Lake Pit tonnage curves.
Submission SCP-027(A) — Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Renewable Resources Review of the Draft EIS Guidelines for the BHP Diamond Mine, submitted April 11 1995 to Letha MacLachlan, Chair, BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Review Process. Recommends Subsection 6.2 renaming of "Management Plans" to "Environmental Protection Plan (EPP)" covering company policies on fishing, firearms, hunting and all-terrain vehicles, Section 8.0 Description of the Existing Environment proponent biophysical-respect treatment, and GNWT Sustainable Development Directive (Section 4 Implementation through joint-program collaboration and consultation with non-governmental partners).
Speaking notes from the Dogrib Treaty 11 Council (Rae-Edzo, NWT) to the BHP Diamond Mine Panel / EARP Review Panel, April 2-4 1995, summarizing presentations made earlier to the Aboriginal Mining Conference. Lays out Dogrib concerns about mineral development in the Slave Geological Province: impacts on wildlife (particularly caribou and fish), crucial wildlife habitat, and the need for monitoring and study of cumulative impacts beyond individual projects before they cannot be prevented or addressed.
Submission SCP-039 — Dogrib Treaty 11 Council (P.O. Box 24, Rae-Edzo NT, 403-392-6381) to the BHP Diamond Mine Panel Office, NWT Communications Centre, April 2 1995. Speaking notes by Violet Camsell-Blondin (SCP039) for the EARP Review Panel at Rae-Edzo NWT April 4 1995. Sets out the Dogrib concerns about mineral development in the Slave Geological Province: impacts on wildlife (particularly caribou and fish), crucial wildlife habitat, and the need for cumulative-impact monitoring beyond individual projects.
The Métis Nation - Northwest Territories presents a formal submission to the Environmental Assessment and Review Panel regarding the BHP NWT Diamonds Project, asserting that the BHP Project Description Report fails to recognize Métis aboriginal rights and land claims in the North Slave Region, and requesting that the EIS guidelines mandate meaningful consultation, negotiation, and benefit agreements with the Métis comparable to those offered to the Dogrib Nation.