Federal Environmental Assessment Panel Public Hearing Transcript, Wha Ti, Northwest Territories Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, January 22, 1996)
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing in Wha Ti, Northwest Territories on January 22, 1996, reviewing BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposal to develop a diamond mine at Lac de Gras. The hearing includes presentations from BHP on project overview, environmental studies, employment and socio-economic impacts, followed by community presentations expressing concerns about land rights, caribou protection, and benefit agreements with the Dogrib Nation.
- Date
- Document type
- Meeting Minutes
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, Letha MacLachlan, Cindy Kenny-Gilday, Walter Kupsch, Jessie Sloan, BHP Diamonds Inc., Jim Excell, Karen Azinger, David Boyd, Terry Janes, Vivian Banci, Clem Pelletier, ResCan Environmental Services, Grand Chief Joe Rabesca, Chief Charlie Jeremick'ca, Mayor Mike Nitsiza, Dogrib Nation, Blackwater Group, Diamet Minerals Limited, Chuck Fipke, Dr. Stewart Blusson
- Locations
- Wha Ti, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Rae, Rae-Edzo, Lutsel K'e, Snare Lake, Coppermine, Dettah, Ndilo, Snowdrift, Bathurst Inlet, Bathurst caribou herd, Echo Bay, Misery Lake, Long Lake, Fox Lake, Vulture Lake, Koala drainage, Coppermine River, Lupin gold mine, Navajo Nation, New Mexico, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver
- Parameters
- water quality, water quantity, water flows, fish habitat, caribou migration, caribou abundance, grizzly bear movements, wildlife displacement, habitat loss, air quality, climate, tailings impoundment, kimberlite ore, diamond extraction, open-pit mining, reclamation, environmental management, employment, socio-economic impacts, unemployment rates, earned income, business opportunities, land contamination, water pollution, archaeological sites, eskers, wetlands, tundra, traditional economy, wage economy, benefit agreement, impact and benefits agreement
- Pages
- 50
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