Environmental Impact Report Information Session, Responses to Questions (BHP Billiton, June 2006)
This document contains transcribed dialogue and written responses from the Ekati Diamond Mine Environmental Impact Report Information Session held June 15–18, 2006, in which BHP Billiton, government agencies, Indigenous representatives, and consultants addressed questions on mining operations, waste management, environmental monitoring, wildlife impacts, closure planning, and regulatory compliance.
- Date
- 2006-06-15
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Environment Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA), Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation (LDFN), North Slave Métis Alliance (NSMA), Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., SRK Consulting, Tlicho Government, Yellowknives Dene First Nation (YKDFN)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Panda Underground Mine, Koala Underground Mine, Waste Rock Storage Areas (Panda/Koala, Misery, Fox), Long Lake Containment Facility (LLCF), Grizzly Lake, Leslie Lake, Kodiak Lake, Upper Panda Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Horseshoe Lake, Kugluktuk, McKay Lake, Slave Geologic Province
- Parameters
- waste rock management, acid rock drainage (ARD), kimberlite processing, water quality, dust monitoring, caribou abundance and migration, fish populations and habitat, heavy medium separation, Long Lake Containment Facility capacity, permafrost thaw, chloride levels, plankton assemblages, metal uptake in vegetation and animals, air quality and particulate deposition, closure and reclamation planning, wildlife effects monitoring, spill management and hydrocarbon releases, thermo-siphon design, underground mine water chemistry, connate water
- Pages
- 28
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