Public Hearing Transcript, General Session, BHP Diamonds NWT Diamonds Project (Multiple parties, February 17, 1996)
Federal Environmental Assessment Panel public hearing on BHP Diamonds Inc.'s Northwest Territories diamond mine project held in Yellowknife on February 17, 1996. Presentations from multiple stakeholders including the Coronation Impact Review Committee, NWT Mobilization of Job Strategy Society, Robert Hay, and Canadian Coast Guard addressing environmental, social, economic, and regulatory concerns regarding the proposed Ekati Diamond Mine near Lac de Gras.
- Date
- 1996-02-17
- Document type
- meeting-minutes
- Parties
- Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, Letha MacLachlan, Cindy Kenny-Gilday, Walter Kupsch, Jessie Sloan, BHP Diamonds Inc., Jim Excell, Karen Azinger, Terry Janes, David Boyd, Clem Pelletier, Coronation Impact Review Committee, Jim Cunningham, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, NWT Mobilization of Job Strategy Society, Glenn Zelinski, Peter Arychuk, Adam Bembridge, Robert Hay, Canadian Coast Guard, Yvette Myers, Diane McClymot-Peace, Lutsel K'e Dene Council, Chief Felix Lockhart, Bill Erasmus, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Department of Fisheries and Oceans
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Lac de Gras, Kugluktuk, Coppermine, Lutsel K'e, Bathurst Inlet, Umingmaktok, Nunavut, Ekati, Bathurst Inlet area, Coppermine River Basin, West Kitikmeot, Ulu, Lupin Mine, Spider Lake, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Long Lake, Leslie Lake, Kodiak Lake, Fox Lake, Koala camp, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Snare Lake, Rae-Edzo
- Parameters
- environmental assessment, water quality, navigation, caribou migration, Bathurst caribou herd, wildlife harvesting, fish habitat, tailings disposal, water diversion, lake dewatering, compensation policy, land claims, cumulative effects, air quality, migratory birds, community development, employment opportunities, business development, archaeological sites, cultural attachment, harvest rights
- Pages
- 91
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