Submission on Deficiencies of the BHP Environmental Impact Statement, NWT Diamonds Project (Coronation Impact Review Committee, October 1995)
The Coronation Impact Review Committee submits a detailed critique of BHP's Environmental Impact Statement for the NWT Diamonds Project (Ekati Mine), identifying deficiencies in consultation with Inuit under the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, inadequate monitoring programs for aquatic ecosystems, and insufficient consideration of impacts to Lac De Gras, the Coppermine River, and traditional Inuit harvesting. The submission includes a technical report by environmental consultant Vince P. Palace recommending comprehensive pre-project baseline data collection and enhanced biomonitoring throughout mine operations to detect potential disturbances to fish populations and water quality.
- Date
- 1995-10-23
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Coronation Impact Review Committee, BHP, Environmental Assessment Panel, Kitikmeot Inuit Association, Dene, Inuit, Metis, Vince P. Palace, BEAR Environmental Science
- Locations
- Coppermine, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Lac De Gras, Coppermine River, Cambridge Bay, Nema Lake, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Misery Lake, Fox Lake, Leslie Lake, Airstrip Lake, Long Lake, Nero Lake, Winnipeg
- Parameters
- water quality, water quantity, water flow, fish populations, Arctic grayling, lake trout, spawning habitat, suspended particulates, sediment, metal contamination, aluminum, lead, organic contaminants, diesel fuel, ANFO, fish tissue analysis, metallothionein, mixed function oxidases, traditional ecological knowledge, aboriginal harvesting, tailings disposal, dewatering, acid generation
- Pages
- 14
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