Aboriginal and Community Issues at Ekati Diamond Mine, A Progress Report (IEMA, 1998)

Date

1 June 1998

Document type

Report

Parties

Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, BHP, Government of Canada, Government of NWT, Dene Nation, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Rae Edzo Dogrib, Snare Lake, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Lutsel K'e, North Slave Metis, Ndilo and Dettah, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, NWT Water Board, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Assessment Panel, Weledeh Dene

Locations

Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Long Lake, Koala Lake, Airstrip Lake, Brandy Lake, Nancy Lake, Willy Lake, Misery pit, Panda Diversion Channel, Kodiak Lake, Leslie Lake, Larry Lake, Great Slave Lake, Bathurst caribou herd, Slave geological province, Grizzly Lake, Misery schist, Mackenzie basin

Parameters

water quality, caribou abundance, wildlife monitoring, fish habitat, tailings management, permafrost, acid rock drainage, aquatic effects, hazardous materials management, spill contingency, waste management, air quality and emissions, traditional knowledge, cumulative impacts, wildlife displacement, traffic impacts, noise effects, sediment loading, nutrient cycling, metal contamination, reclamation and closure, archaeological sites

Pages

32