Report of the Environmental Assessment Panel, NWT Diamonds Project (Environmental Assessment Panel, June 1996)
This is the June 1996 report of the Federal Environmental Assessment Commission evaluating the proposed Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, examining environmental and socio-economic impacts of BHP Diamonds Inc. and Blackwater Group's proposal to develop five kimberlite deposits near Gras Lake approximately 300 km northeast of Yellowknife. The Commission concludes the project can proceed subject to 40+ detailed recommendations regarding territorial claims, traditional knowledge integration, regulatory frameworks, environmental monitoring, water and air quality management, wildlife protection, Indigenous consultation, employment, and compensation mechanisms.
- Date
- 1996-06-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, BHP Diamonds Inc., Blackwater Group, Environment Minister (Sergio Marchi), Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister (Ronald Irwin), Letha MacLachlan (Commission President), Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (MAINC), Northwest Territories Government, Dogrib Council of Dené Band, Yellowknife Dené Band, Łutselk'e First Nation, Métis Nation of Northwest Territories, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Gras Lake, Koala Basin, Panda pit, Misery pit, Koala pit, Fox pit, Leslie pit, Yellowknife, Wha Ti, Rae Lakes, Rae-Edzo, Snare Lake, Łutselk'e, Kugluktuk, Ndilo, Dettah, Long Lake, Echo Bay winter road, Nunavut
- Parameters
- water quality, caribou abundance, fish habitat, air quality, tailings management, acid mine drainage, nitrogen contamination, kimberlite toxicity, frozen core dams, wildlife impacts, bird surveys, grizzly bears, socio-economic effects, employment, traditional knowledge, archaeological sites, hunting and fishing restrictions, cumulative effects, baseline data
- Pages
- 111
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