Environmental Impact Report Information Session, Responses to Questions, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, June 2006)
Transcript of questions and responses from the June 15-18, 2006 Environmental Impact Report Information Session at Ekati Diamond Mine, where BHP Billiton representatives and consultants addressed community and government concerns regarding mining operations, environmental management, wildlife impacts, water quality, waste disposal, and closure planning.
- Date
- Document type
- Meeting Minutes
- 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, Long Lake Containment Facility (LLCF), Fox pit, Misery pit, Panda Diversion Channel (PDC), Lac de Gras, Leslie Lake, Kodiak Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Grizzly Lake, Panda Lake, Lockhart, Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road, Bathurst Caribou Herd, Coppermine River, Horseshoe Lake, Kugluktuk, McKay Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, waste rock management, acid rock drainage (ARD), kimberlite ore processing, diamond recovery, dust control, air quality monitoring, snow and lichen sampling, caribou migration, wildlife effects monitoring, fish habitat, plankton abundance, aquatic effects, chloride levels, metal uptake in vegetation, permafrost thaw, closure and reclamation, spill management, geochemical testing, water discharge criteria
- Pages
- 28
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