Class A Water Licence Renewal Application MV2003L2-0013, Public Hearing Transcript (BHP Billiton, July 6 to 7, 2004)
Hearing transcript from the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board on July 6, 2004, regarding BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc.'s application for renewal of water license MV2003L2-0013 for the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories. The hearing covers the mine's operational history, environmental performance, employment initiatives, and discussion of license renewal terms including effluent standards, license duration, security requirements, and engineering oversight procedures.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Arctic Circle, Barren Lands, Point Lake, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Koala North Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Site, Beartooth Pit, Sable Pit, Pigeon Pit, Long Lake, Nunavut, Hay River, Fort Smith, Fort Ray, Explorer Hotel Yellowknife
- Parameters
- water quality, effluent discharge limits, surveillance monitoring program, aquatic effects monitoring, waste rock storage, tailings containment, grayling fry survival, mining methods, underground mining, open pit mining, environmental management, closure and reclamation, reclamation security, northern hiring, aboriginal employment, workplace literacy
- Pages
- 216
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