Environmental Programs, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, 1997)
BHP's 1997 environmental programs document outlines monitoring and research initiatives required under water licenses, fisheries authorizations, and environmental agreements for the NWT Diamonds Project (Ekati mine), including fish removal, water quality monitoring, wildlife studies, and five Phase II Traditional Knowledge programs conducted with Aboriginal groups in the Northwest Territories.
- Date
- 1997
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP World Minerals, NWT Water Board, Fisheries and Oceans, Kitikmeot Hunters and Trappers Association, Dogrib Treaty 11, Yellowknives Dene Band, Metis Heritage Association, Metis Local 64, Lutsel K'e Dene Council, Diavik Diamond Mines Ltd., Lytton Mineral Ltd., Echo Bay Mines Ltd., Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, Parks Canada, Department of Education, Employment and Training, Kugluktuk Angonaitit Association, Jimmy Bruneau School, North Slave Metis Alliance
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Ekati, Ek'ati, Koala Lake, Airstrip Lake, Misery Lake, Long Lake, Kodiak Lake, Sable Lake, Beartooth Pond, Zach Pond, Lac de Gras, Sable Road, Slave Province, Kitikmeot, Snare Lakes, N'dilo, Dettah, Wekweeti, Kugluktuk, Rae/Edzo
- Parameters
- fish removal, water quality, hydrology, biological samples, caribou migration, wildlife monitoring, air quality, particulate matter, revegetation, lake dewatering, tailings characterization, kimberlite toxicity, groundwater, water effects monitoring, wastewater management, acid/alkaline drainage, geochemical characterization, waste rock management, ore storage, fish population, fish biology, traditional knowledge, land use and occupancy
- Pages
- 13
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