Conformity Review of the BHP NWT Diamonds Project Environmental Impact Statement (Natural Resources Canada, October 1995)
Natural Resources Canada's conformity review of the Environmental Impact Statement for BHP Diamonds Inc.'s NWT Diamonds Project identifies partial conformity to guidelines, with deficiencies primarily related to permafrost and ground ice effects on tailings stability, reclamation feasibility, and long-term environmental impacts. The review concludes the EIS is sufficient to proceed to hearings but recommends addressing gaps in understanding of permafrost behavior, availability of reclamation materials, contingency planning, and monitoring protocols.
- Date
- 1995-10-19
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Natural Resources Canada, BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP Diamond Mine Environmental Assessment Panel, Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Geological Survey of Canada, Mineral Strategy Branch, Office of Environmental Affairs, Explosives Branch, Mining Research Laboratories, Mineral Sciences Laboratories
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Canada, Ekati Diamond Mine, Long Lake, Fox Lake, Fox 2 Lake, Panda pit, Leslie Pit, Airport Esker, Misery Lake esker, Misery esker, Slave Province, Central Slave, Yellowknife, Lupin, Nanisivik, Polaris, Baker Lake, Prince Edward Island, Yukon, Russia
- Parameters
- permafrost, ground ice, tailings impoundments, waste rock, water quality, sediment quality, acid drainage, alkaline drainage, frost heaving, thaw subsidence, seepage, groundwater hydrology, erosion, slope stability, heavy metals, aluminum, ammonia, arsenic, copper, lead, radon, radium, thorium, climate change, reclamation, vegetation, aggregate extraction, organic materials, soil materials, economic impacts, employment, closure costs, monitoring
- Pages
- 25
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