Navigable Waters Protection Act Application Package, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, January 1996)
BHP Diamonds Inc. submits a comprehensive application to the Canadian Coast Guard under the Navigable Waters Protection Act for the proposed NWT Diamonds Project, a 25-year diamond mining operation involving five kimberlite pipes in the Lac de Gras region northeast of Yellowknife. The application details all engineered structures affecting navigable waters including water intakes, dewatering systems, tailings disposal facilities, dams, and water crossings, with environmental considerations for stream habitat protection and downstream water quality management.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Canadian Coast Guard, Reg B. Watkins, Daniel D. Johnson, L. Davis, D. Burlingame, EARP Panel Office, Rescan Consultants Ltd., EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Fluor Daniel Wright
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Yellowknife, Koala watershed, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Misery Lake, Fox Lake, Leslie Lake, Long Lake, Grizzly Lake, Kodiak Lake, Coppermine River Basin, Paul Lake, Nema Lake, Leslie Lake, Moose Lake, Vulture Lake, Slipper Lake, Pointe de Misere, Airstrip Lake, Airstrip Esker
- Parameters
- water quality, lake dewatering, tailings disposal, water intakes, water diversion, dams, dykes, spillway, water crossings, fisheries compensation, suspended solids, navigable waters, stream habitat, potable water supply, process water, sewage treatment, biological oxygen demand, permafrost, thermal analysis, sediment ponds
- Pages
- 339
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