Report of Environmental Assessment on the Proposed Development of Sable, Pigeon and Beartooth Kimberlite Pipes (MVEIRB, February 2001)
The Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board's Report of Environmental Assessment on the proposed development of Sable, Pigeon and Beartooth kimberlite pipes by BHP Diamonds Inc., recommending approval subject to mitigation measures to prevent significant adverse effects on the environment and communities in the Mackenzie Valley.
- Date
- 2001-02-07
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board, BHP Diamonds Inc., Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Government of the Northwest Territories, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, North Slave Metis Alliance, Dogrib Treaty 11 Tribal Council, Yellowknives Dene First Nation, Lutsel K'e First Nation, Diavik Diamond Mine
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Lac de Gras, Coppermine River, Sable kimberlite pipe, Pigeon kimberlite pipe, Beartooth kimberlite pipe, Exeter drainage basin, Two-Rock Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Kugluktuk, Fort Resolution, Dettah, Rae-Edzo, Hay River, Arctic Ocean, Nunavut
- Parameters
- water quality, water quantity, air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, fugitive dust, total suspended particulate, permafrost, thermal regime, acid rock drainage, metal leaching, lake dewatering, pit dewatering, water balance, vegetation and plant communities, aquatic habitat, fish habitat, wildlife habitat, caribou, Bathurst caribou herd, cultural and heritage resources, land and resources use, employment, economic diversification, revenues and costs, closure and reclamation, cumulative environmental effects, waste rock storage, tailings disposal, kimberlite toxicity
- Pages
- 91
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