Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report 2007, Plain English Summary, EKATI Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, May 2008)
This plain English summary of BHP Billiton's 2007 Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report for the EKATI Diamond Mine documents the company's compliance with regulatory requirements and environmental management across water quality, air quality, land reclamation, wildlife monitoring, and waste management. The report demonstrates that EKATI operated within the terms of its water licences and environmental agreement in 2007, with monitoring programs showing generally healthy aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems despite some localized increases in water quality parameters and ongoing wildlife management challenges.
- Date
- 2008-05-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Yellowknives Dene, Tlicho peoples, Inuit of Kugluktuk, Chipewyan, Métis, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Environment and Natural Resources (ENR), Canadian Standards Association, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Coppermine River, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Kugluktuk, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settling Facility, Beartooth Pit, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Sable Pit, Pigeon Pit, Leslie Lake, Cujo Lake, Falcon Lake, Grizzly Lake, Exeter Lake, Ursula Lake, Paul Lake, North Panda Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Desperation Pond, Carrie Pond, Panda Diversion Channel, Canada
- Parameters
- water quality, caribou abundance, air quality, fugitive dust, diesel emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, land disturbance, reclamation, fish health, deformities, eroded fins, lesions and tumors (DELT), aquatic effects, wildlife monitoring, bird nesting, waste management, water discharge, nitrate levels, hydrocarbon exposure, wolverine density, vehicle-related mortalities, habitat protection, archaeological sites, kimberlite processing
- Pages
- 24
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