Environmental Agreement and Water Licence Annual Report 2009, Plain Language Summary, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, August 2010)

Date

2010-08-01

Document type

report

Parties

BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Government of the Northwest Territories, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment, Environment Canada, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Yellowknives Dene, Tlicho, Chipewyan, Dogrib, Inuit, Métis, North Slave Métis, Lutsel K'e Dene, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Dene National Assembly, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Natural Resources

Locations

Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras watershed, barrenlands, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Kodiak Lake, Grizzly Lake, Nema Lake, Nero Lake, Fox Pit, Koala Pit, Panda Pit, Misery Pit, Beartooth Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settling Facility, Cujo Lake, Panda Diversion Channel, Pigeon Pit, Sable Pit, Pigeon Stream, Nero-Nema Stream, Vulture Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Bearclaw Lake, Beartooth Lake, North Panda Lake, Desperation Pond, Carrie Pond, Wha Ti, Edzo, Fort Rae, Lutselk'e, Providence, Hay River, Dettah, Gameti

Parameters

water quality, air quality, caribou abundance, fish habitat, wildlife effects, ammonia, nitrate, phosphate, dissolved oxygen, pH, chloride, total dissolved solids, sulphate, potassium, nickel, arsenic, copper, molybdenum, selenium, zinc, aluminum, snow chemistry, lichen tissue, dustfall, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, Arctic grayling, birds, grizzly bears, wolves, foxes, wolverines, processed kimberlite, waste rock, seepage, water discharge, reclamation, vegetation

Pages

21