Environmental Impact Report, Close out Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (Dominion Diamond, August 2013)
This close-out report documents the completion of the 2012 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIR) process for the Ekati Diamond Mine, including technical sessions, public workshops held November 6-7, 2012, and stakeholder/regulator comments received in January 2013. The report consolidates comments and responses from regulatory and community stakeholders on environmental risks including air quality, water quality, land management, and wildlife impacts, with particular focus on caribou movement, waste rock freezing, dioxin/furan contamination, and adaptive management strategies.
- Date
- 2013
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation (DDEC), BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Government of Northwest Territories (GNWT), Environment Canada (EC), Environment and Natural Resources (ENR), Lutsel'Ke Dene First Nation (LKDFN), Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN), Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board (WLWB), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), North Slave Metis Alliance (NSMA), Tłı̨chǫ (Tlicho)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Antwerp, Belgium, Lac de Gras, Kodiak Lake, Kugluktuk, Misery Pit, Fox waste rock storage area, Beartooth Pit, Paula Pit, Grizzly Lake, Pigeon Pit, Panda Diversion Channel, Little Lake, Polar Lake, LLCF (Long Lake Containment Facility), Cell B, Cell D, CKRSA, Bathurst caribou herd range
- Parameters
- environmental impact assessment, residual effect ratings, air quality, total suspended particulates (TSP), PM10, greenhouse gas emissions, lichen sampling, metal deposition, water quality, ammonia-nitrogen (ammonia-N), nitrate-nitrogen (nitrate-N), dioxins and furans, fish tissue analysis, benthos community composition, sediment quality, chloride, BTEX and hydrocarbons, waste rock storage area (WRSA) freezing, permafrost development, processed kimberlite (PK), fine processed kimberlite (FPK), caribou avoidance zone of influence, caribou movement and barriers, road barrier effects, wildlife habitat, reclamation and closure planning, traditional knowledge, adaptive management, closure objectives and criteria
- Pages
- 61
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