Federal Environmental Assessment Panel Public Hearing Transcript, NWT Diamonds Project, Kugluktuk (BHP Billiton, January 1996)
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing held in Kugluktuk (Coppermine), Northwest Territories on January 31, 1996, reviewing BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposal to develop a diamond mine near Lac de Gras. The hearing included presentations by the panel, BHP representatives discussing the project's environmental management and socio-economic benefits, and community members raising concerns about waste management, water quality, caribou impacts, employment practices, and social effects on families and communities.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Blackwater Group, Diamet Minerals Limited, ResCan Environmental Services, Letha MacLachlan, Cindy Kenny-Gilday, Walter Kupsch, Jessie Sloan, Jim Excell, Karen Azinger, David Boyd, Terry Janes, Vivian Banci, Clem Pelletier, Ernie Bernhardt, Joe Allen Evyagotailak, Millie Kuliklane, Michael MacLachlan, Mayor Donald Havioyak
- Locations
- Kugluktuk, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Coppermine, Yellowknife, Lupin gold mine, Snare Lakes, Echo Bay, Long Lake Basin, Misery Lake, Coronation Sound, Arctic Ocean, Rae-Edzo, Lutsel K'e, Dettah, N'dilo, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Saskatoon, Calgary, Vancouver Island, New Mexico, Navajo Nation, Beaufort Sea, Norman Wells, British Columbia
- Parameters
- water quality, water quantity, stream flow, fish habitat, caribou abundance, wildlife displacement, wildlife disturbance, noise impacts, air quality, tailings disposal, rock dumps, waste management, reclamation, vegetation restoration, grizzly bears, birds, wetlands, heritage sites, kimberlite mining, open pit mining, underground mining, diamond processing, suspended solids, water discharge, environmental monitoring, employment, social impacts, cultural impacts, traditional land use, closure planning, scholarships, cross-cultural training, alcohol and drug counselling, financial counselling, family wellness
- Pages
- 54
Original document
Loading the document…