BHP Diamonds Fisheries Act Prosecution File, Panda Diversion Channel (IEMA, 2000 to 2004)
Court decision and regulatory correspondence documenting BHP Diamonds' trial on Fisheries Act charges (s.35 and s.36) related to fish habitat disruption during mine construction (1994-1997), including a warning letter issued by DFO for unauthorized dewatering of Bearclaw Lake in August 2004. The Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories acquitted BHP of four charges, finding that s.35(2) Authorization authorized the harm and that the company exercised due diligence.
- Date
- 2000–2004
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Department of Justice Canada, Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories, Her Majesty the Queen, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Koala watershed, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Kodiak Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Yellowknife, Vulture Lake, Polar Lake, Fox Lake, Leslie Lake, Airstrip Lake, Long Lake, Nema Lake, Nero Lake, Moose Lake, Little Lake
- Parameters
- fish habitat disruption, water dewatering, Fisheries Act compliance, harmful alteration of fish habitat, water management, deleterious substance discharge, littoral zone dewatering, water diversion, kimberlite pipe mining, permafrost, water licence non-compliance
- Pages
- 102
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