Comments on the Conformity of BHP's Environmental Impact Statement with EARP Panel Guidelines (Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, October 1995)
Dogrib Treaty 11 Council submits detailed comments on BHP's Environmental Impact Statement for the NWT Diamonds Project, identifying areas of non-compliance with EARP Panel Guidelines, particularly regarding inadequate incorporation of traditional knowledge, insufficient baseline data on wildlife and caribou, incomplete management plans, and superficial treatment of socio-economic impacts on Dogrib communities.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, EARP Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Blackwater Group, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Government of Canada, Northwest Territories government
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Misery Lake, Long Lake, Echo Bay, Dogrib communities, Rae-Edzo, Lac La Martre, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake, New Mexico, Koala site
- Parameters
- wildlife habitat, caribou migration, grizzly bears, fish habitat, water quality, tailings management, mine closure and reclamation, traditional knowledge, socio-economic impacts, employment, cumulative effects, archaeological sites, vegetation, eskers, monitoring programs
- Pages
- 59
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