Information Requests Response, Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Kimberlite Pipes Environmental Assessment (BHP Billiton, July 2000)
This compilation of information requests and responses addresses environmental assessment questions from Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development regarding BHP's proposed expansion of the Ekati Diamond Mine to include Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth kimberlite pipes. The document covers meteorological data, water balance, air quality impacts, waste rock management, sediment quality, and hydrological design parameters for the proposed development.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., BHP DIA MET, Environment Canada, Meteorological Service of Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Dillon Consulting Ltd., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Sable Lake, Pigeon Pond, Beartooth Lake, Two Rock Lake, Ulu Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Fay Lake, Upper Exeter Lake, Panda pit, Long Lake, Koala Watershed, Indin Watershed, Contwoyto/Lupin, Slipper-Lac de Gras, Kodiak Lake, Larry Lake, Leslie Lake, Snare Rapids, Giant Mine
- Parameters
- weather and climate data, precipitation, wind roses, air temperature, snow depth, evaporation, pit icing, water balance, runoff, acid deposition, SO2 and NOx emissions, snow quality, pH, thermal inversions, PM10 and PM2.5, inhalable particulate matter, metal concentrations, bedrock geology, acid rock drainage, waste rock, sediment quality, lake sediment, aquatic effects, fish passage, water quality, suspended solids, hydrometric data, stream flow
- Pages
- 128
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