Environmental Assessment Executive Summary, Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Kimberlite Pipes, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2000)
This executive summary presents BHP Diamonds Inc.'s environmental assessment for the proposed addition of three kimberlite pipes (Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth) to the existing Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, submitted to the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board in April 2000. The document outlines the mine's history, environmental setting, proposed development scope, anticipated environmental effects, management plans, and commitments to Aboriginal consultation and long-term environmental stewardship.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP Minerals, 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, Chipewyan, Kitikmeot Hunters and Trappers Association, Lutsel K'e Dene Band, Kugluktuk Angoniatit Association, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment Canada, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Sable kimberlite pipe, Pigeon kimberlite pipe, Beartooth kimberlite pipe, Panda pit, Koala drainage, Exeter Lake, Sable Lake, Beartooth Lake, Two Rock Lake, Pigeon Pond, Long Lake, Paul Lake, Lac du Sauvage, Coppermine River, Arctic Circle, Barrenlands, Ursula esker, Exeter esker, Big Reynolds Pond, Panda North Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Bearclaw Stream, Beartooth Stream, Fay Lake, Kodiak Lake, MacKay Lake, Contwoyto Lake, Pellatt Lake, Mesa Lake, Point Lake, Leslie Lake, Fox pipe, Misery pipe, Echo Bay ice road, Ingraham Trail, Lupin Mine, Island Copper mine, British Columbia, Hope Bay Belt, Nunavut, Mackenzie River, Canada
- Parameters
- kimberlite pipes, diamond mining, water quality, aquatic life, fish populations, lake trout, Arctic grayling, caribou migration, Bathurst caribou herd, grizzly bears, wildlife habitat, wetlands, air quality, dust levels, greenhouse gas emissions, permafrost, eskers, vegetation, dwarf birch, Arctic willow, berries, archaeological sites, traditional land use, water licence, sediment discharge, mine closure and reclamation, economic benefits, employment, cumulative effects, environmental monitoring, waste rock piles, dewatering, snowmelt, bird nesting, diesel emissions, fuel conservation
- Pages
- 33
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