Environmental Impact Report 2012, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, October 2012)
BHP Billiton's 2012 Environmental Impact Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine compares environmental monitoring results from 2009-2011 against predictions in the 1995 Environmental Impact Statement, identifying 22 key environmental risks and management practices. The report covers air, land, water, and wildlife monitoring programs, with particular focus on aquatic receiving environment impacts from containment facilities, caribou migration route alterations, and residual environmental risks despite implemented mitigation measures.
- Date
- 2012-10-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Claudine Lee, Geoff Clark, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Sheryl Grieve, North Slave Metis Alliance, Eddie Erasmus, Tlicho Government, Sonya Almond, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Todd Slack, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Kevin O'Reilly, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Anne Wilson, Environment Canada, Lionel Marcinkoski, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Robert Jenkins, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Jason Brennan, Kathy Racher, Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board, Gavin More, Government of Northwest Territories
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Long Lake Containment Facility, King Pond Settling Facility, Panda Lake, Kodiak Lake, Koala Lake, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Beartooth Pit, Pigeon Pit, Lac de Gras, Fay Bay, Coppermine River, Yamba/Exeter Watershed
- Parameters
- water quality, caribou migration, air emissions, permafrost, groundwater, nitrate, chloride, dissolved oxygen, fugitive dust, particulate emissions, fish biology, aquatic effects, carnivore populations, breeding birds, waste rock seepage, hydrocarbon contamination, processedkimberlite
- Pages
- 550
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