Submission to the BHP NWT Diamonds Project Public Hearings (Environment Canada, February 1996)
Environment Canada's comprehensive submission to the Federal Environmental Assessment Panel for the BHP NWT Diamonds Project at Lac de Gras, providing technical evaluation of environmental impacts across emergency response, air quality, water resources, and wildlife, with detailed recommendations for monitoring, contingency planning, and mitigation measures for approval and operation of the mine.
- Date
- 1996-02-12
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Environment Canada, BHP, Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, Indian & Northern Affairs Canada, Government of the Northwest Territories, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Echo Bay Mines, Shell Canada
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Ekati, Ingraham Trail, Cameron River, Yellowknife River, Tibbitt Lake, Reid Lake, Pickerel Lake, Pontoon Lake, Madeline Lake, Prelude Lake, Prosperous Lakes, Ross Lake, Pensive Lake, Gordon Lake, Lockhart Lake, Mackay Lake, Misery, Koala Camp, Long Lake, Coppermine River, Lupin Mine, Arctic
- Parameters
- water quality, air quality, ground water, surface water, acid generation, tailings management, effluent quality, spill response, contingency planning, wildlife impacts, birds, migratory birds, caribou, aquatic biota, sediment quality, total suspended particulate, nitrogen oxides, ammonia, nitrate, arsenic, chromium, copper, nickel, BTEX compounds, petroleum hydrocarbons, meteorology, hydrometry, biodiversity, habitat disturbance, reclamation, decommissioning, permafrost, fuel hauling, diesel storage
- Pages
- 35
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