Air Quality Management and Monitoring Plan (AQMP), Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2009)
BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. presents the 2009 Air Quality Management and Monitoring Plan for the EKATI Diamond Mine, detailing updated strategies for monitoring and managing ambient air quality, dust emissions, and greenhouse gas inventory. The plan incorporates improvements developed through consultations with IEMA, GNWT-ENR, and Environment Canada, including relocation of the Continuous Air Monitoring Building, updated snow and lichen sampling methodologies, and redesigned monitoring station locations to provide better coverage of the mine's zone of influence.
- Date
- 2009-03-31
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Government of Northwest Territories - Environment and Natural Resources (GNWT-ENR), Environment Canada, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, North Slave Metis Alliance, Tlicho Government, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Statistics Canada, Mining Association of Canada
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Grizzly Lake, Polar Lake, Kodiak Lake, Little Lake, Fox Pit, Koala Pit, Panda Pit, Moose Pit, Nero Pit, Nema Pit, Beartooth Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility (LLCF), Misery Mine, Diavik Mine, Lupin, Kugluktuk, Behchoko, Wekweeti, Gameti, Whati, Ndilo, Dettah
- Parameters
- air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, particulate matter, dust deposition, sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), total suspended particulate (TSP), fine particulate matter (PM2.5), dustfall, snow chemistry, lichen biomonitoring, heavy metals, ambient air quality, meteorological data, wind speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity, precipitation, fuel consumption, diesel emissions, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ammonia, nitrate, sulfate, mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, chromium, copper, zinc, manganese, nickel, vanadium, uranium, aluminum, iron, greenhouse gas inventory, carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), halons, refrigerants
- Pages
- 34
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