Final Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Working Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2008)
This Final Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) working draft submitted by BHP Billiton in December 2008 outlines comprehensive closure and reclamation strategies for the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, including pit lake flooding, waste rock management, infrastructure removal, and long-term environmental monitoring through 2060. The plan was developed with input from northern communities, government agencies, and regulatory bodies to ensure compliance with water licences, environmental agreements, and closure standards.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Government of the Northwest Territories, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Tlicho Government, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, North Slave Metis Alliance, Behchoko, Gameti, Wekweeti, Whati
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Yellowknife, Wekweeti, Sable Pit, Pigeon Pit, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Beartooth Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Upper Exeter Lake, Ursula Lake, Long Lake, Kugluktuk
- Parameters
- pit lake water quality, permafrost stability, waste rock storage, kimberlite processing and containment, closure costs, wildlife habitat, caribou, fish habitat, vegetation cover, subsidence, groundwater quality, seepage water quality, reclamation research, closure monitoring, climate change impacts
- Pages
- 800
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