Public Hearing for BHP Billiton Expansion, Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth Kimberlite Pipes, Ekati Diamond Mine (MVLWB, April 2002)
Public hearing transcript from April 4-5, 2002, before the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board regarding BHP Billiton's applications for water licenses and land use permits for expansion of mining activities at the Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth kimberlite pipes at the Ekati Diamond Mine. The hearing presents BHP Billiton's project overview, dewatering plans, construction activities, wastewater management, waste rock management, and reclamation approach, all claimed to use proven methods from existing Ekati operations.
- Date
- 2002-04-04
- Document type
- meeting-minutes
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Environment Canada, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Dogrib Nation, Lutsel K'e First Nation, GNWT, EBA Engineering
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Sable Pit, Pigeon Pit, Beartooth Pit, Sable Lake, Two Rock Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Beartooth Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Panda Pit, Koala Pit, Misery Pit, Fox Pit, North Panda Lake, Fay Lake, Ulu Lake, Exeter Lake, Upper Panda Lake, Pigeon Stream, Vulture Lake, Nanuq Lake, Counts Lake, Leslie Lake, Kodiak Lake, Yellowknife, Hay River, Fort Smith, Lac de Gras region, Mackenzie Valley
- Parameters
- water dewatering, water quality, suspended solids, total dissolved solids, ammonia, nitrogen compounds, phosphorus, aluminum, arsenic, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, pH, waste rock management, acid rock drainage, geochemistry, pit water treatment, sedimentation, freeze clarification, permafrost, groundwater inflows, seepage monitoring, reclamation liability, caribou, fish habitat, sediment quality, aquatic organisms, wildlife effects monitoring, water license terms, security deposits, effluent discharge criteria, thermistor monitoring
- Pages
- 123
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