BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. v. Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Judicial Review Record (BHP Billiton, 2009 to 2010)
The Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board ruled on July 26, 2009, that it has jurisdiction to require BHP Billiton to establish and maintain fish habitat in closed pit lakes at the Ekati Diamond Mine during closure and reclamation, rejecting BHP Billiton's argument that a 1996 Fish Habitat Compensation Agreement with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans precluded such requirements.
- Date
- 2009-07-26
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Tlicho Government, Attorney General for the Northwest Territories, Department of Justice Canada
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Long Lake Containment Facility, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Misery Lake, Fox Lake, Sable pipe, Pigeon pipe, Beartooth pipe, Leslie Lake, Wekweètì
- Parameters
- fish habitat, fish and fish habitat compensation, pit lakes reclamation, closure and reclamation planning, water quality, environmental assessment, Fisheries Act authorization, habitat restoration, environmental reclamation
- Pages
- 248
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