Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1998, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 1999)

Date

1999-04-30

Document type

report

Parties

BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP, Government of the Northwest Territories, Canada, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Aboriginal Peoples, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Environment Canada, Northwest Territories Water Board, Dia Met Minerals Limited, Charles Fipke, Dr. Stewart Blusson, University of Alberta, Enviro-Test Laboratories

Locations

Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Slave Geological Province, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Fox pit, Misery pit, Sable pipe, Ursula Lake, Long Lake Containment Area, Kodiak Lake, Panda Diversion Channel, Grizzly Lake, Little Lake, Grizzly Creek, Leslie Lake, North Panda Lake, Polar Lake, Larry Lake, Gazelle Lake, Point Lake, Long Lake Cell C, Lac du Sauvage, Duchess Lake, Old Camp, Airstrip Lake, Nema Lake, Moose Lake, Slipper Lake, Wha Ti, Edzo, Fort Rae, Hay River, Echo Bay

Parameters

water quality, freshwater use, dewatering activities, lake levels, process water use, processed kimberlite containment, sedimentation ponds, minewater discharges, sewage treatment, surveillance network program, aquatic effects monitoring, physical and water quality parameters, primary and secondary producers, caribou abundance, caribou distribution, caribou behaviour, carnivores, birds, meteorology monitoring, hydrology monitoring, air quality monitoring, total suspended particulates, emissions, dissolved oxygen, ammonia, acid rock drainage, geochemical characterization, waste rock seepage, revegetation, reclamation, traditional knowledge, archaeological investigations, fish habitat, kimberlite toxicity, tailings characterization, waste management, spill incidents, closure costs, environmental compliance

Pages

136