Monitoring Programs (EIS Additional Information, Section 15) (BHP Billiton, 1995)

Date

1995

Document type

regulatory-filing

Parties

NWT Diamonds Project Proponent, Panel, NWT Water Board, Canadian Council of Resource and Environment Ministries (CCREM), GNWT Renewable Resources, Department of Renewable Resources, Environmental Advisory Group (EAG), Aboriginal communities, Federal government, Territorial government, Statistics Canada, RCMP

Locations

NWT Diamonds Project, Northwest Territories (NWT), Ekati Diamond Mine, Misery Lake haul road, Long Lake, Nema Lake, Nema-Martine stream, Vulture Lake, Vulture-Polar stream, Kodiak Lake, Slipper Lake, Lac de Gras, Panda Diversion Channel, Wildlife Study Area, Rae-Edzo, Rae Lakes, Wha Ti, Snare Lake, Dettah, N'dilo, Lutsel K'e, Coppermine, Yellowknife, Hay River, Koala, Island Copper

Parameters

water quality, metals, nutrients, total suspended solids (TSS), aquatic biology, lake biology, stream biology, periphyton, benthos, zooplankton, fish, hydrology, lake levels, surface discharge, caribou abundance, caribou migration, large carnivores (bears, wolves, wolverine, foxes), wildlife habitat, denning sites, vegetation cover, revegetation success, plant density, plant diversity, soil suitability, permafrost temperature, permafrost degradation, waste rock dumps, tailings impoundment, open pit dewatering, effluent quality, ecosystem mapping, critical habitat loss, weather (wind, temperature, precipitation, humidity, solar radiation, evaporation), ambient air quality, SO2, NO2, total suspended particulate, industrial hygiene, thermal inversion, CO, landscape stability, erosion, non-neutral rock drainage, socioeconomic monitoring, employment, goods and services purchases, community well-being

Pages

18