Public Hearing on BHP Billiton Motion on Board Jurisdiction Over Fish Habitat, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, May to July 2009)
BHP Billiton submits a motion to the Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board seeking clarification that the Board lacks jurisdiction to require the establishment of fish habitat in closed pit lakes at the Ekati Diamond Mine, arguing that the 1996 Fish Habitat Compensation Agreement with DFO provides full and final compensation for fish habitat loss for the life of the project.
- Date
- 2009-07-15
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Wek'èezhii Land and Water Board, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB)
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Long Lake, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Misery Lake, Fox Lake, Leslie Lake, Sable Lake, Pigeon Lake, Beartooth Lake
- Parameters
- fish habitat, pit lakes, closure and reclamation, water quality, fish compensation, wildlife safety, littoral zones, geochemical conditions, limnological characteristics
- Pages
- 199
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