Public Hearing for BHP Billiton Expansion, Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Kimberlite Pipes (MVLWB, April 2002)
Public hearing conducted by the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board on April 4-5, 2002, to consider BHP Billiton's applications for water licenses and land use permits for expansion of mining activities at the Ekati Diamond Mine, specifically for development of the Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth kimberlite pipes. The hearing included presentations from BHP Billiton on dewatering, construction, water management, waste rock handling, and reclamation plans, with testimony from engineering and environmental specialists.
- Date
- Document type
- Meeting Minutes
- Parties
- Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, BHP Billiton, Dogrib Nation, Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Lutsel K'e First Nation, Deh Cho, Hay River, Fort Smith, Yellowknife
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Sable pit, Pigeon pit, Beartooth pit, Panda pit, Long Lake containment facility, Two Rock Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Sable Lake, Beartooth Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Upper Panda Lake, Fay Lake, Little Reynolds Pond, Exeter Lake, Ursula Lake, Ulu Lake, Pigeon Pond, North Panda, Misery pit, Fox pit, Koala pit, Mackenzie Valley, Gwich'in settlement area, Sahtu settlement area
- Parameters
- water quality, pit water management, dewatering, suspended solids, ammonia, nitrogen compounds, phosphorus, aluminum, total dissolved solids, effluent discharge criteria, sedimentation, freeze-clarification, water licensing, land use permits, security deposits, reclamation liability, waste rock management, construction, dam design, filter dykes, wildlife effects monitoring, aquatic effects, fish passage, water balance, groundwater infiltration, permafrost, closure costs
- Pages
- 101
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