Public Hearing, Technical Session, General, NWT Diamonds Project (Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, February 23, 1996)
Public hearing transcript from the Federal Environmental Assessment Panel's review of BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed Northwest Territories diamond mine near Lac de Gras on February 23, 1996. The document includes presentations from various stakeholders including wildlife biologists, community members, Metis representatives, and economic development authorities, with discussion of environmental concerns, socio-economic benefits, and indigenous participation in the project.
- Date
- Document type
- Meeting Minutes
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, Letha MacLachlan, Cindy Kenny-Gilday, Walter Kupsch, Jessie Sloan, BHP Diamonds Inc., Jim Excell, Terry Janes, David Boyd, Luci Davis, Vivian Banci, Mary-Anne Bromley, Andrew Spaulding, Garth Wallbridge, Darcy Arden, Edwin Bourque, Yellowknife Economic Development Authority, Yellowknife Metis, Metis Nation of the Northwest Territories, Northern Environmental Coalition, NWT Enviro Watch, Government of the Northwest Territories, Canadian North, Concerned Group of Citizens in Support of BHP, Business Committee for Support of BHP
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Barrens, West Kitikmeot Slave Region, Great Slave Lake, Great Bear Lake, Colville Lake, Fort Rae, Dettah, Boston property, Kent Peninsula
- Parameters
- environmental impact assessment, diamond mining, caribou, wildlife, water quality, radioactivity, baseline data, cumulative environmental impacts, birds, Arctic fox, geese, bears, wolverine, fish, wolves, foxes, soil microorganisms, nutrient cycling, insects, lemmings, vegetation, waste rock, water contamination, radium 226, uranium, socio-economic impacts, employment, aboriginal rights, benefits agreements, traditional knowledge
- Pages
- 79
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