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., BHP Minerals, Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd., Dia Met Minerals Ltd., Charles Fipke, Dr. Stewart Blusson, Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, NWT Water Board, Dogrib Treaty 11, Akaitcho Treaty 8, North Slave Métis Alliance, Inuit of Kugluktuk, Yellowknives Dene, Chipewyan, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency

Locations

Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Sable Lake, Pigeon Pond, Beartooth Lake, Panda pit, Koala watershed, Exeter Lake, Exeter watershed, Lac du Sauvage, Long Lake, Contwoyto Lake, Barrenlands, Arctic Circle, Mackenzie River, Point Lake, Leslie Lake, Fox Lake, Misery Lake, Airstrip Lake, Two Rock Lake, Big Reynolds Pond, Upper Panda Lake, Fay Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Bearclaw Stream, Beartooth Stream, Ursula esker, Exeter esker, Island Copper mine, Hope Bay Belt, Nunavut, British Columbia, Canada

Parameters

diamond mining, kimberlite pipes, water quality, fish populations, caribou migration, grizzly bear habitat, wildlife effects, air quality, dust monitoring, sediment discharge, water dewatering, waste rock management, tailings management, archaeological sites, traditional land use, cumulative effects, reclamation, environmental management, socio-economic effects, greenhouse gas emissions, permafrost, vegetation, fish habitat, lake trout, Arctic grayling, birds, wolves, wolverines, esker protection

Pages

16