Public Hearing Transcript Continuation, Type A Water Licence Application, NWT Diamonds Project (MVLWB, October 1996)
Northwest Territories Water Board public hearing continuation on October 21-22, 1996 regarding BHP Diamonds Inc.'s application for a Type A water licence for the NWT Diamonds Project near Lac de Gras. Hearing includes presentations from Dogrib Treaty #11 Council Elders and technical experts, government agencies, and other stakeholders addressing environmental, fisheries, caribou migration, and Aboriginal rights concerns.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Northwest Territories Water Board, BHP Diamonds Inc., Dogrib Treaty #11 Council, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Lutsel K'e First Nation, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Kitikmeot Inuit Association
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Snare Lakes, Rae, Contwoyto Lake, Courageous Lake, Great Slave Lake, Yamba Lake, Exeter Lake, Mackay Lake, Dettah, Rae-Edzo, Coppermine
- Parameters
- water quality, fisheries impacts, caribou migration, acid rock drainage, tailings management, mine reclamation, closure costs, environmental monitoring, fish compensation, water contamination, fish abundance
- Pages
- 246
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