Conformity Review of the Environmental Impact Statement, NWT Diamonds Project (Natural Resources Canada, October 1995)
Natural Resources Canada's conformity review of BHP Diamonds Inc.'s Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed NWT Diamonds Project, identifying deficiencies primarily related to permafrost and ground ice effects on mine design, tailings stability, reclamation feasibility, and economic impact analysis. The review concludes the EIS is partially conforming and sufficient to proceed to hearings despite identified minor deficiencies.
- Date
- 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, Yellowknife, Long Lake, Fox Lake, Fox 2 Lake, Panda pit, Leslie Pit, Airport Esker, Misery Lake esker, Misery esker, Slave Province, Central Slave, Canada
- Parameters
- permafrost, ground ice, tailings impoundments, waste rock management, water quality, sediment quality, permafrost stability, frost heaving, thaw subsidence, seepage, acid drainage, groundwater hydrology, aggregate availability, soil materials, reclamation, closure, climate change, erosion, slope stability, economic impacts, employment, radioactive materials, radon, explosives, mineral processing
- Pages
- 25
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