Conformity Report on the NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Impact Statement (GNWT, October 1995)
The Government of the Northwest Territories submitted a conformity report evaluating BHP's Environmental Impact Statement for the NWT Diamonds Project against the May 1995 EIS Guidelines, identifying major and minor deficiencies including inadequate treatment of traditional knowledge, incomplete environmental management plans, spatial boundary limitations, knowledge gaps in wildlife ecology and waste management, and insufficient detail on monitoring programs and mitigative measures.
- Date
- 1995-10-23
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Government of the Northwest Territories, BHP Diamond Mine Panel, BHP, Blackwater Group, Department of Renewable Resources, Department of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources, Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Department of Safety and Public Services, Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Department of Health and Social Services, Department of Transportation, Department of Justice, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Dene Cultural Institute
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Misery Lake, Paul Lake, Airstrip Lake, Echo Bay, Hay River, N'dilo, Dettah, Coppermine River, NWT Highways Number 1 and 3, Misery Access Road, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Leslie Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, New Mexico, British Columbia, Canada
- Parameters
- environmental impact assessment, traditional knowledge, wildlife management, caribou, wolves, wolverines, grizzly bears, raptors, birds, water quality, alkaline drainage, tailings management, waste rock disposal, permafrost, hydrological impacts, vegetation mapping, ecosystem mapping, archaeological surveys, socio-economic impacts, air quality, particulate levels, waste oil disposal, spills and emergencies, mine closure costs, reclamation, land monitoring, traffic management, wildlife habitat, esker habitat, cumulative effects
- Pages
- 64
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