Submission on the Proposed Voisey's Bay Mining Development, Environmental Management (Labrador Inuit Association, November 1998)
The Labrador Inuit Association (LIA) submits a comprehensive proposal for ongoing environmental management of the proposed Voisey's Bay mining development, centered on establishing a legally binding Environmental Agreement between the four parties to the Memorandum of Understanding (Canada, Newfoundland, LIA, and Innu Nation) plus the mining company. The submission outlines the need for a multi-stakeholder Environmental Agreement Agency, a Monitoring Partnership involving VBNC, LIA, and Innu Nation, coordination with a Marine Management Plan under the Oceans Act, and a Shipping Agreement to address Inuit concerns about ice shipping, emphasizing that these arrangements are essential conditions for any environmental approval and meaningful Aboriginal participation in long-term Project management.
- Date
- 1998-11-04
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Labrador Inuit Association (LIA), Innu Nation, Government of Canada, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Voisey's Bay Nickel Company (VBNC), Inco, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
- Locations
- Voisey's Bay, Labrador, Goose Bay, Nain, Anaktalak Bay, Northwest Territories, Yukon, Norman Wells
- Parameters
- environmental management, water quality, air quality, marine ecosystem, seals, marine mammals, waterfowl, seabirds, caribou, polar bears, beluga whales, plant communities, baseline data, monitoring and effects monitoring, compliance monitoring, environmental impact assessment, mitigation measures, mining operations, shipping through ice, sea ice, Aboriginal harvesting, ecosystem dynamics
- Pages
- 49