Draft Guidelines for the Preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement, BHP NWT Diamond Mine (Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel, January 1995)
Draft guidelines issued by the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel for BHP Diamonds Inc. to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed diamond mine in Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories. The document outlines comprehensive requirements for describing the project, existing environment, anticipated biophysical and socio-economic effects, mitigation measures, monitoring programs, and consultation with aboriginal peoples and communities.
- Date
- 1995
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Health Canada, Natural Resources Canada
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Ekati, Yellowknife, Rae-Edzo, Lutsel K'e, Coppermine
- Parameters
- water quality, water supply and management, tailings management, waste rock management, air quality, permafrost, hydrology, fish and aquatic species, terrestrial wildlife, caribou, vegetation, soil and geology, wetlands, noise levels, decommissioning, socio-economic effects, employment, traditional harvesting, cumulative effects, monitoring programs
- Pages
- 27
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