Public Hearing Transcript, General Session, BHP Diamonds NWT Diamonds Project (Multiple parties, February 12, 1996)
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing on BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed Northwest Territories diamond mine project near Lac de Gras, held in Yellowknife on February 12, 1996. The hearing included BHP's project overview presentation covering mining operations, environmental baseline studies, wildlife and water management, and socio-economic benefits, followed by questioning from the panel, government agencies, aboriginal organizations, and environmental groups on environmental compliance, land claims, caribou impacts, and corporate accountability.
- Date
- 1996-02-12
- Document type
- meeting-minutes
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, Letha MacLachlan, Cindy Kenny-Gilday, Walter Kupsch, Jessie Sloan, Jim Excell, Karen Azinger, David Boyd, Terry Janes, Clem Pelletier, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Environment Canada, Department of Renewable Resources GNWT, West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society, Dene Nation, Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, Yellowknives Dene Band, World Wildlife Fund, Northern Environmental Coalition, Sierra Legal Defence Fund, Canadian Arctic Resources Committee, Ecology North, Canadian Nature Federation, Diocese of Mackenzie, Blackwater Group, Diamet Minerals Limited, Chuck Fipke, Stewart Blusson
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Ekati Diamond Mine, Snare Lake, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Rae-Edzo, Lutsel K'e, Coppermine, Ndilo, Dettah, Fort Resolution, Echo Bay, Lupin Gold Mine, Long Lake, Misery Lake, Bathurst Inlet, Coppermine River, Koala drainage, Kodiak, Barren Lands, Island Copper Mine British Columbia, Papua New Guinea, Ok Tedi Mine, University of Saskatchewan, Slave geological province
- Parameters
- water quality, water quantity, fish habitat, caribou abundance, grizzly bears, migratory birds, small mammals, wildlife displacement, vegetation, wetlands, eskers, air quality, total suspended particulates, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, tailings management, kimberlite ore processing, diamond extraction, permafrost, reclamation, open-pit mining, underground mining, employment, socio-economic impacts, community mobilization, traditional knowledge, heritage sites, archaeological sites, fisheries compliance, sedimentation, environmental monitoring, baseline studies, cumulative effects, closure costs
- Pages
- 99
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