Oral Presentation & Recommendations to the MVLWB re Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Water Licence and Land Use Permit Applications (IEMA, April 2002)
Tony Pearse presents the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency's oral submission to the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board regarding BHP-Billiton's water licence and land-use permit applications for the Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth pipe developments. The presentation highlights deficiencies in application information and proposes recommendations on issues including fish diversion channel design, waste rock seepage control, geochemical characterization sampling adequacy, aquatic effects monitoring, and closure security provisions.
- Date
- 2002-04-04
- Document type
- presentation
- Parties
- Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, BHP-Billiton, Tony Pearse, Francois Messier, Zabey Nevitt, Robin Staples, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Sable pipe, Pigeon pipe, Beartooth pipe, Panda pipe, Pigeon watershed, Exeter Lake, Long Lake, Ulu Lake, Leslie Lake, Kodiak Lake, Two Rock Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Diavik Diamond Mine
- Parameters
- water quality, fish habitat, acid rock drainage, metal leaching, waste rock management, geochemical characterization, seepage control, aquatic effects monitoring, phosphorus discharge, caribou migration, airborne particulate matter, permafrost degradation, reclamation liability, water discharge limits
- Pages
- 54
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