Environmental Assessment Executive Summary, Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Kimberlite Pipes, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2000)

Date

2000-04-01

Document type

regulatory-filing

Parties

BHP Diamonds Inc., Dia Met Minerals Ltd., Charles Fipke, Dr. Stewart Blusson, Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, NWT Water Board, Dogrib Treaty 11, Akaitcho Treaty 8, North Slave Métis Alliance, Inuit of Kugluktuk, Yellowknives Dene, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Environment Canada, Canadian Wildlife Service, GNWT Resources Wildlife & Economic Development, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Diavik, Ecology North, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Ducks Unlimited

Locations

Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Lac du Sauvage, Sable kimberlite pipe, Pigeon kimberlite pipe, Beartooth kimberlite pipe, Panda pit, Koala drainage, Exeter Lake watershed, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Mackenzie River, Point Lake, Leslie Lake, Misery pit, Fox pit, Contwoyto Lake, Barrenlands, Arctic Circle, Sable Lake, Two Rock Lake, Beartooth Lake, Pigeon Pond, Ursula esker, Exeter esker, Upper Panda Lake, Big Reynolds Pond, Fay Lake, Paul Lake, Pellatt Lake, Coppermine River, Nunavut, Island Copper mine, British Columbia, Hope Bay Belt, Echo Bay ice road, Ingraham Trail, Lupin Mine

Parameters

kimberlite pipes, diamond ore grade, water quality, fish populations, lake trout, Arctic grayling, burbot, slimy sculpin, round whitefish, caribou migration, Bathurst caribou herd, grizzly bears, wolves, wolverines, foxes, birds, ptarmigan, peregrine falcons, nesting surveys, vegetation, eskers, permafrost, air quality, dust emissions, greenhouse gases, sediment discharge, habitat loss, archaeological sites, traditional land use, closure costs, mine life, employment, economic impacts, waste rock piles, tailings management, water discharge, environmental monitoring, cumulative effects

Pages

34