King Pond Fish Habitat Compensation Program, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, September 2000)
BHP Diamonds Inc. proposes a fish habitat compensation plan for King Pond at the Ekati Diamond Mine, which will be converted into a water settling facility for the Misery Pit development. The plan addresses harmful alteration of fish habitat (HADD) under the federal Fisheries Act and implements the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' No Net Loss policy through mitigation measures during operation and habitat restoration and enhancement following mine closure.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Dillon Consulting, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA)
- Locations
- King Pond, Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Misery Lake, Misery Pit, Cujo Lake, Lac du Sauvage, King-Cujo drainage, Kodiak Lake, Panda Pit, Desperation Pond, Carrie Pond, Mist Lake, Thinner Lake
- Parameters
- fish habitat, water quality, suspended sediments, Arctic grayling, spawning habitat, rearing habitat, forage habitat, nursery habitat, overwintering habitat, habitat suitability index, productive capacity, sediment containment, water management, migratory access, substrate composition, pond depth, ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen compounds, lake trout, round whitefish, slimy sculpin, ninespine stickleback
- Pages
- 38
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