Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference, Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Pipes, Ekati Diamond Mine Extension (MVEIRB, December 1999)
This document is the Environmental Assessment Terms of Reference issued by the Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board on December 13, 1999, for BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed extension of the Ekati Diamond Mine through the development of Beartooth, Pigeon, and Sable kimberlite pits. The Terms of Reference specify the scope, methodology, and requirements for the Environmental Assessment Report, including assessments of physical, biological, and social-economic-cultural impacts, cumulative effects, public consultation, traditional knowledge integration, and closure and reclamation planning.
- Date
- 1999-12-13
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, BHP Diamonds Inc., Roland Semjanovs, Alex Thompson, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Northwest Territories Water Board, Diavik Diamond Mine, Echo Bay Mines Ltd., Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Beartooth pit, Pigeon pit, Sable pit, Exeter drainage basin, Northwest Territories, Mackenzie Valley, Lutsel K'e, Dettah, N'dilo, Yellowknife, Kugluktuk, Rae-Edzo, Wha Ti, Wekweti, Gameti, Fort Resolution, Long Lake, Two-Rock Lake, Panda Lake, Ulu Lake, Upper Panda Lake, Echo Bay
- Parameters
- water quality, water quantity, air quality, aquatic habitat, fish habitat, wildlife habitat, vegetation and plant communities, permafrost, soils, terrain, bedrock geology, seismicity, tailings management, waste rock management, kimberlite, acid rock drainage, metal leaching, nitrogen, phosphorus, dust emissions, greenhouse gas emissions, noise, caribou, migratory birds, fish mortality, human health, employment, economic impacts, closure and reclamation, cumulative impacts
- Pages
- 26
Original document
Loading the document…