Recommendations for the Scoping of Issues and Draft EIS Guidelines, BHP Diamonds Inc. Diamond Mine (DFO, April 1995)
Fisheries and Oceans Canada submits information requirements and environmental assessment guidelines for evaluating the impacts of BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed diamond mine in the Lac de Gras area on fish and fish habitat, including baseline fisheries data, habitat assessments, impact predictions, mitigation measures, and cumulative effects analysis.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), David McKenna, John Mathers, BHP Diamonds Inc., Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel, Grant Pryznyk, Jeff Stein, Sheila Copps
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Koala Lake, Panda Lake, Fox 1 Lake, Misery Lake, Leslie Lake, Long Lake, Airstrip Lake, Grizzly Lake, Kodiak Lake, Little Lake, Larry Lake, Cub Lakes
- Parameters
- fish species biology and habitat use, fish seasonal abundance and distribution, fish sex and age structure, fish food habits and fecundity, spawning and rearing habitats, migration corridors, overwintering habitats, subsistence and recreational fisheries, metal levels in fish tissue, copper, lead, zinc, cadmium, mercury, water quality, acid rock drainage, effluent discharge, tailings management, waste rock management, stream crossings, hydrology and water flows, groundwater movement, water table depth, sediment and benthos, water balance
- Pages
- 9
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