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Guidelines for Designing and Implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs in the NWT, Overview Report (INAC, June 2009)
1 June 2009Report
This document provides comprehensive guidelines for designing and implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (AEMPs) for development projects in the Northwest Territories, developed by INAC to standardize monitoring practices and integrate traditional knowledge with western science. The guidelines describe an eight-step framework for developing, implementing, and interpreting AEMPs to protect sensitive northern aquatic ecosystems during project construction, operation, and closure.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Monitoring
Guidelines for Designing and Implementing an Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program in the NWT, Plain Language Summary (DIAND, June 2009)
1 June 2009Report
Guidelines developed by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for designing and implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (AEMPs) for large-scale development projects in the Northwest Territories, including an eight-step framework that integrates Traditional Knowledge and western science to monitor impacts on the water environment.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality
Responses to Reviewers' Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Designing and Implementing Aquatic Effects Monitoring Programs (DIAND, June 2009)
1 June 2009Report
This document presents written responses from INAC to comments received from 12 reviewers on draft Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Guidelines for the Northwest Territories, addressing concerns about Traditional Knowledge integration, harmonization with EEM programs, regulatory framework clarity, and methodological approaches for pristine northern environments.
Aquatics Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Water Quality Correspondence
Final Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Working Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2008)
16 December 2008Report
This Final Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) working draft submitted by BHP Billiton in December 2008 outlines comprehensive closure and reclamation strategies for the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, including pit lake flooding, waste rock management, infrastructure removal, and long-term environmental monitoring through 2060. The plan was developed with input from northern communities, government agencies, and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with water licences, environmental agreements, and closure standards.
Closure & Reclamation Closure Plan Waste Rock
Communities and Diamonds, 2007 Annual Report Summary (GNWT, 2008)
1 May 2008Report
The 2007 Communities and Diamonds annual report by the Government of the Northwest Territories documents socio-economic impacts of diamond mine development (BHP Billiton, Diavik, De Beers) on eight NWT communities from 1996 onwards, tracking changes in health, crime, housing, cultural practices, employment, and education indicators.
Traditional Knowledge Monitoring Development Plans Regulatory
NWT Spill Report #08-214, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, May 2008)
2008Report
NWT Spill Report Ekati-2008-100 — Spill Report Form (24-Hour Report Line 867-920-8130, NWT Spill Report Form for oil/gas/hazardous chemicals/other materials). Includes email thread (May 17-21 2008) between Leslie Coe (BHP Billiton), Jason Brennan (INAC), Ryan Fequet (Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board), Wendy Bidwell (BHP Billiton — Ekati Phone 867-880-2059), and Sarah Baines (BHP), with attached NWT Spill Report #08-214 (product had entered receiving environment, attached 63.3 KB form). Dave Abernethy contact 867-445-9008.
Regulatory Waste Rock Correspondence Monitoring
Long Lake Containment Facility Water Quality Prediction Model Version 2.0, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2008)
2008Report
Long Lake Containment Facility (LLCF) Water Quality Prediction Model Version 2.0 for the Ekati Diamond Mine, prepared by BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. (Yellowknife). Documents the new 2005 model and its 2006 findings on previously identified trends, including mine plan inputs for Panda OP/UG, Misery OP/Pushback, Koala OP/UG, Koala North OP/UG, Fox OP, Beartooth OP, Sable OP, Pigeon OP pits (April 2006 plan). Includes physical model set-up (mass balance approach across Cells C, D, E), historical process plant discharge concentrations (potassium 21.8, molybdenum 0.27, sulphate 128.9, nitrate 4.9, arsenic 0.0058 mg/L), and projected loadings June 2005-2011.
Water Quality Monitoring Wastewater Correspondence
Pigeon Stream Fish Habitat Compensation and Monitoring Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, August 2007)
1 August 2007Report
This report describes the Pigeon Stream Fish Habitat Compensation and Monitoring Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine, detailing how habitat lost to the proposed Pigeon Pit development will be compensated through the construction of the Pigeon Stream Diversion. The plan provides habitat budgets, final engineering designs, construction schedules, and a comprehensive post-construction monitoring program to ensure no net loss of fish habitat.
Fish Habitat Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Closure & Reclamation
Hydrocarbon Contaminated Materials Management Plan Review Correspondence, File MV2003L2-0013 (WLWB, June 2007)
2007Report
Wek'èezhìı Land and Water Board (WLWB) Hydrocarbon Contaminated Materials Management Plan June 2007 binder (File MV2003L2-0013). Correspondence with Richard Weishaupt (Manager Safety Health and Environment BHPB), David Scott BHPB, Sarah Baines (MVLWB), Kevin O'Reilly (IEMA), Emery Paquin (GNWT). Includes GNWT Environment and Natural Resources comments on hydrocarbon bioremediation treatment information gaps, Old Camp storage area clarification requests for clean rock/soil and hydrocarbon-impacted soil, Zone S description and photo requests, and HC-contaminated materials generation reduction (Section 4) feedback (December 2006 commentary).
Regulatory Water Licence Waste Rock
Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report, Plain English Summaries 2006 & 2007 (BHP Billiton, June 2007 to May 2008)
1 June 2007Report
This is a plain English summary of BHP Billiton's 2006 Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report for the EKATI Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, documenting the mine's compliance with regulatory requirements and environmental management practices across air quality, water monitoring, wildlife effects, land use, and archaeological protection.
Regulatory Water Licence Environmental Agreement
Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report 2006 (BHP Billiton, April 2007)
1 April 2007Report
Annual compliance report for the EKATI Diamond Mine for 2006, documenting water use, waste management, effluent discharges, and monitoring results under five water licences and the Environmental Agreement between BHP Billiton, the Federal Government, and the Northwest Territories Government.
Regulatory Water Licence Environmental Agreement
Notice of Public Hearing (Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, March 2007)
12 March 2007Memo
The Wek'eezhii Renewable Resources Board announced a public hearing scheduled for March 13-15, 2007 in Behchoko to review the Department of Environment and Natural Resources' proposal for management actions to reduce harvesting and collect accurate harvest information on the Bathurst Caribou Herd.
Caribou Wildlife Regulatory Traditional Knowledge
Submission of Independent Technical Review of MacDonald and Gunn (2004) Study (BHP Billiton, February 2007)
13 February 2007Letter
BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. submits a commissioned independent technical review of the MacDonald and Gunn (2004) study to the Government of the Northwest Territories, following presentation of the study's conclusions at the Bathurst Caribou Herd Workshop in December 2006.
Caribou Wildlife Correspondence Regulatory
Update on Guidance for Inuvik and Yellowknife Topic-Specific General Hearing, Topic 14 Environmental Management Plans, Monitoring and Follow-up (Joint Review Panel, January 2007)
19 January 2007Report
The Joint Review Panel provides guidance for Topic-Specific General Hearings scheduled for March 2007 in Inuvik and Yellowknife concerning environmental and socio-economic management plans, monitoring programs, and follow-up procedures for the Mackenzie Gas Project. The document outlines hearing topics, key discussion matters, and procedural questions to guide participant preparation.
Closure & Reclamation Monitoring Development Plans Water Quality Regulatory
Participation in the Mackenzie Gas Project Joint Review Panel Hearing (Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project, January to February 2007)
2007Letter
Letter from Joint Review Panel for the Mackenzie Gas Project (Inuvik, NT) to Dr. Bill Ross, Chair, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency for the Ekati Diamond Mine, January–February 2007. Invites IEMA participation in the JRP hearing on the proposed Mackenzie Gas Project — focused on decommissioning and abandonment of pipeline infrastructure (including transfers), effectiveness of existing socio-economic and biophysical environmental monitoring and follow-up regimes in the NWT, and regulatory bodies' inspection/enforcement of Ekati licenses and permits. Panel Manager: Paula Pacholek.
Correspondence Environmental Agreement Monitoring Closure & Reclamation
Proposed Chloride Discharge Criterion for the Sable Kimberlite Pipe Development, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2007)
1 January 2007Report
This report proposes a site-specific chloride discharge criterion of 1,332 mg/L for discharges from Two Rock Sedimentation Pond related to potential Sable kimberlite pipe mining operations at EKATI Diamond Mine, based on toxicological testing establishing an aquatic threshold (HC5) of 313 mg/L and hydrodynamic modelling demonstrating a dilution factor of 4.26 in Horseshoe Lake over 21-day periods.
Water Quality Effluent Quality Criteria Regulatory Development Plans
Annual Report on Northern Employment and Spending 2006, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, 2006)
31 December 2006Report
BHP Billiton's 2006 Annual Report on Northern Employment and Spending for the Ekati Diamond Mine operations phase documents that the mine created 1,034 person-years of direct employment and purchased $326 million in goods and services from northern businesses, both exceeding Socio-Economic Agreement targets.
Development Plans Monitoring Regulatory Correspondence
News Release, Former Review Board Members Withdraw Names from Reappointment Consideration (MVEIRB, November 2006)
30 November 2006Memo
The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board announces that former members Danny Bayha and Bernadette Stewart have withdrawn from reappointment consideration due to delays in the federal appointment process, creating concerns about the Board's ability to maintain quorum and conduct environmental impact assessments.
Environmental Agreement Regulatory Development Plans Traditional Knowledge
Closure Options Evaluation Minesite Tour (BHP Billiton, July 2006)
7 July 2006Presentation
This document is a comprehensive presentation and tour package for the Ekati Diamond Mine closure options evaluation conducted July 7-9, 2006, involving community representatives, regulators, and IEMA. It details closure options for major mine components (open pits, waste rock storage areas, the Panda Diversion Channel, and Long Lake Containment Facility), technical information on mining operations, and BHP Billiton's environmental and social commitments.
Closure & Reclamation Closure Plan Waste Rock Regulatory
Environmental Impact Report Information Session, Responses to Questions (BHP Billiton, June 2006)
15 June 2006Report
This document contains transcribed dialogue and written responses from the Ekati Diamond Mine Environmental Impact Report Information Session held June 15–18, 2006, in which BHP Billiton, government agencies, Indigenous representatives, and consultants addressed questions on mining operations, waste management, environmental monitoring, wildlife impacts, closure planning, and regulatory compliance.
Development Plans Waste Rock Closure & Reclamation

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