BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel Hearing Submissions (GNWT, February 1996)
A comprehensive environmental assessment document package submitted to the BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel in February 1996, containing Government of the Northwest Territories submissions on environmental effects monitoring frameworks, ecological impact assessment, mitigation strategies, environmental protection plans, air quality standards, and wildlife compensation mechanisms under various land claim agreements. The documents establish conceptual frameworks for distinguishing compliance monitoring from environmental effects monitoring and propose establishing independent bodies to oversee long-term effects monitoring programs involving government agencies, BHP, aboriginal organizations, and traditional land users.
- Date
- 1996-02-23
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Government of the Northwest Territories, BHP Diamond Mine, DIAND, Environment Canada, NRCAN, Renewable Resources (GNWT), Yellowknives Dene, Lutsel K'e, Kennecott Canada Inc., Department of Health and Social Services, Wildlife Management Division, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Canadian Wildlife Service, Nunavut Wildlife Management Board, Dogrib Renewable Resources Committee
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Coppermine, Bloody Falls, Coppermine River, Ingraham Trail, West Kitikmeot, Slave Geological Province, Bathurst Inlet, Queen Maud Gulf, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, Beaufort Sea, Labrador, Quebec, British Columbia, Island Copper Mine, Hudson Bay, Mackenzie, Beaufort, Yukon North Slope, Norman Wells, Porcupine, Norman Wells Pipeline
- Parameters
- environmental effects monitoring, compliance monitoring, water quality, water licence, caribou, caribou calving grounds, grizzly bears, wildlife habitat, ecological impact assessment, mitigation measures, baseline data, valued ecosystem components, habitat loss, air quality, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, total suspended particulates, Canadian Ambient Air Quality Objectives, lichens, plant diversity, reclamation, revegetation monitoring, cumulative effects, traditional knowledge, wildlife compensation, harvesting loss, environmental protection plans, adaptive management, closure and abandonment
- Pages
- 110
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