Application Package for Submittal to the Canadian Coast Guard, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, January 1995)
BHP Diamonds Inc. submits an application package to the Canadian Coast Guard under the Navigable Waters Protection Act for the proposed NWT Diamonds Project, a 25-year diamond mining operation near Lac de Gras in the Northwest Territories. The application includes detailed technical summaries of all works affecting navigable waters, including water intake systems, diversion channels, lake dewatering procedures, tailings disposal in Long Lake with perimeter dams, discharge systems, and fisheries compensation measures.
- Date
- 1995-01-05
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Canadian Coast Guard, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Rescan Consultants Ltd., EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Fluor Daniel Wright Ltd.
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Koala watershed, Coppermine River Basin, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Leslie Lake, Fox Lake, Misery Lake, Long Lake, Kodiak Lake, Grizzly Lake, Vulture Lake, Slipper Lake, Nema Lake, Paul Lake, Airstrip Lake, Moose Lake, Pointe de Misere
- Parameters
- water intakes, water diversion, lake dewatering, tailings disposal, discharges/outfalls, dams and dykes, spillway discharge, water crossings, fisheries compensation, suspended solids, water quality, stream flow, permafrost, tailings management, watershed characteristics, hydrologic characteristics, sediment control, fish habitat, closure and reclamation
- Pages
- 35
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