Environmental Impact Report 2006, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2006)
The EKATI Diamond Mine Environmental Impact Report 2006 compares environmental monitoring results from 2003-2005 with predictions from the 1995 Environmental Impact Statement, finding that over 90% of residual effects were positive, negligible, or minor, though noting increasing ion and nutrient concentrations downstream of the Long Lake Containment Facility and a moderate alteration of caribou distribution relative to the mine footprint.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Koala Watershed, King-Cujo Watershed, Yellowknife, Lutselk'e, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility
- Parameters
- water quality, air quality, caribou distribution, fish habitat, Total Dissolved Solids, potassium, chloride, nitrate, molybdenum, permafrost, aquatic life, wildlife effects, waste rock seepage, effluent discharge
- Pages
- 305
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