Environmental Impact Report, Plain English Summary, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, October 2012)
This is BHP Billiton's 2012 Environmental Impact Report for the EKATI Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, presented in plain language for non-technical readers. The report documents environmental monitoring results from 2009-2011, identifies 22 ranked key environmental risks across air, land, water, and wildlife categories, and describes management practices and mitigation strategies to address these risks as the mine continues operations toward eventual closure and reclamation.
- Date
- 2012-10-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Government of the Northwest Territories Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Environment Canada, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Kugluktuk, Arctic Ocean, Kodiak Lake, Long Lake, Cujo Lake, Grizzly Lake, Fay Bay, Upper Exeter Lake, Misery Pit, Pigeon Pit, Beartooth Pit, Panda Pit, Fox Pit, Koala Pit, Koala North Pit, Nema Lake, Nero Lake, Leslie Lake, Paul Lake, King Pond, Lac du Sauvage, Panda Diversion Channel, Nero-Nema Stream, North Panda Lake, Polar Lake, Little Lake, Pigeon Pond, Pigeon Watershed
- Parameters
- air quality, water quality, caribou abundance, caribou migration, bird populations, grizzly bears, wolverines, wolves, foxes, fish biology, Arctic grayling, lake trout, whitefish, phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic invertebrates, permafrost, groundwater, under-ice dissolved oxygen, nitrate, chloride, processed kimberlite, hydrocarbons, waste rock, fugitive dust, particulate emissions, vehicle collisions, habitat compensation, closure and reclamation, metal bioaccumulation, archaeology and heritage sites
- Pages
- 16
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