Authorization for Works or Undertaking Affecting Fish Habitat, Ekati Diamond Mine (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, October 2002)
This is a Department of Fisheries and Oceans authorization permit issued to BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. for harmful alteration, disruption, or destruction of fish habitat resulting from mining operations at the Ekati Diamond Mine from October 2002 to December 2014. The authorization covers destruction of six lakes and associated streams to access underlying kimberlite ore, with compensation and mitigation measures including habitat substitution at Leslie Lake and creation of compensation projects.
- Date
- Document type
- Permit
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, James D. Excell, Ron Allen, Marc Lange, Dillon Consulting Limited
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Sable Lake, Pigeon Pond, Beartooth Lake, Two-Rock Lake, Big Reynolds Pond, Bearclaw Lake, Leslie Lake, Pigeon Stream, Panda Lake
- Parameters
- fish habitat, harmful alteration, disruption or destruction (HADD), lake trout, slimy sculpin, round whitefish, burbot, Arctic grayling, habitat units, habitat compensation, fish habitat loss, kimberlite mining, water management, sediment control, fish out programs, habitat monitoring
- Pages
- 7
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