Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan (ICRP) Version 2.4, EKATI Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, August 2011)
BHP Billiton's Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan Version 2.4 for the EKATI Diamond Mine (August 2011) outlines comprehensive strategies for site reclamation including pit lake creation through flooding, waste rock storage management with permafrost preservation, Long Lake Containment Facility capping, and progressive reclamation of infrastructure. The plan incorporates regulatory requirements from water licences, environmental agreements, and Board directives, with extensive research programs addressing uncertainties in water quality, wildlife safety, and vegetation sustainability.
- Date
- 2011-08-31
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Wek'èezhìi Land and Water Board, Rescan Environmental Services Ltd., SRK Consulting, Alexco Resources Corporation, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories, Environment Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Kugluktuk, Lutsel K'e Dene First Nation, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Tlicho Government, North Slave Métis Alliance, Wekweèti
- Locations
- EKATI Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Yellowknife, Arctic tundra, Sable Pit, Pigeon Pit, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Beartooth Pit, Fox Pit, Misery Pit, Long Lake Containment Facility, Panda Diversion Channel, King Pond, Airstrip Lake, Upper Exeter Lake, Ursula Lake
- Parameters
- pit lake water quality, aquatic ecosystem, fish passage, water balance, permafrost stability, waste rock storage, processed kimberlite containment, water chemistry, wildlife safety, vegetation cover, surface stability, closure costs, seepage flow, pit perimeter stability, fish habitat, hydrocarbon contamination, closure monitoring
- Pages
- 843
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