Compliance Report, Water Licence N7L2-1616, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, July 1999)
This 1998 compliance report documents BHP Diamonds Inc.'s adherence to water licence N7L2-1616 for the Ekati Diamond Mine, detailing water use, dewatering operations, construction projects, waste disposal, tailings management, environmental monitoring, and 17 inspections conducted during the year. Overall compliance is deemed satisfactory, though some non-compliance events occurred regarding runoff water quality and sewage discharge standards, which the licensee addressed through remedial infrastructure and operational modifications.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Northwest Territories Water Board, Darren Unrau, DIAND, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Exeter Lake, Koala Lake, Misery Lake, Panda Lake, Long Lake, Airstrip Lake, Grizzly Lake, Little Lake, Kodiak Lake, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Nema Lake, Slipper Lake, Beartooth Lake, Paul Lake, Fox Lake, Panda open pit, Northwest Territories
- Parameters
- water use, waste disposal, dewatering, tailings management, water quality, pH, total suspended solids, ammonia, arsenic, dissolved oxygen, acid/alkaline rock drainage, geochemical characterization, waste rock storage, ore storage, seepage surveys, freeboard limits, erosion, effluent discharge, sewage, spills, contaminated soils, aluminum, metal concentrations, bioassay, turbidity
- Pages
- 64
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