Fish Habitat Authorization for Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Compensation, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, July to October 2002)
DFO initiates public consultation on a section 35(2) Fisheries Act Authorization for BHP Billiton's proposed expansion of the Ekati Diamond Mine to include Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth kimberlite pipes, with habitat compensation via substitution of Leslie Lake under the 1996 Fish Habitat Compensation Agreement. The authorization includes habitat loss accounting, fish-out protocols, compensation and monitoring conditions, and a 2:1 habitat ratio requirement for stream mitigation.
- Date
- Document type
- Memo
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Environment Canada, DIAND, GNWT-RWED, CARC, Ecology North, CPAWS
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Sable Lake, Two Rock Lake, Pigeon Pond, Pigeon Stream, Big Reynolds Pond, Beartooth Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Leslie Lake, Lac de Gras
- Parameters
- fish habitat, harmful alteration disruption or destruction, lake trout, round whitefish, Arctic grayling, burbot, slimy sculpin, habitat units, habitat compensation, kimberlite pipes
- Pages
- 26
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