Sable, Pigeon and Beartooth Fish Habitat Authorization & No Net Loss Plan Final Report (DFO, October 2002)
This multi-part document initiates DFO's public consultation and authorization process for BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. to proceed with the harmful alteration, disruption, or destruction of fish habitat associated with the Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth kimberlite pipe expansion at the Ekati Diamond Mine, with compensation to be provided through substitution of Leslie Lake under a previously agreed 1996 Fish Habitat Compensation Agreement.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (MVEIRB), Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Environment Canada, DIAND, GNWT-RWED, CARC, CPAWS, Ecology North, Dillon Consulting Limited
- Locations
- Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras, Sable Lake, Pigeon Pond, Beartooth Lake, Leslie Lake, Two-Rock Lake, Big Reynolds Pond, Little Reynolds Pond, Bearclaw Lake, Pigeon Stream, Fay Lake, Upper Exeter Lake, Long Lake Containment Facility, Panda Pit, Koala Watershed, Moose Lake, Horseshoe Lake, Ulu Lake, Exeter Lake, Polar Lake
- Parameters
- fish habitat, harmful alteration disruption or destruction (HADD), no net loss (NNL), habitat units (HU), habitat suitability index (HSI), lake trout, Arctic grayling, round whitefish, burbot, slimy sculpin, water quality, spawning habitat, rearing habitat, migration habitat, forage habitat, overwintering habitat, fish compensation, habitat compensation agreement, substrate composition, fish community surveys, kimberlite pipe mining, waste rock storage, stream diversion
- Pages
- 161
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