Submission to the EARP Panel on the BHP Diamonds NWT Diamonds Project, Technical Session on Water (DFO, February 1996)
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans submits a technical review to the EARP Panel regarding the BHP Diamonds NWT project, identifying deficiencies in the Environmental Impact Statement related to fish habitat protection and detailing impacts from lake dewatering, habitat destruction, and hydrological alterations in the Lac de Gras area, while recommending additional information and monitoring requirements.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Department of Fisheries and Oceans, BHP Diamonds Inc., Environmental Assessment and Review Process Panel, Broken Hills Proprietary, Blackwater Group, Environment Canada, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Misery Lake, Fox Lake, Leslie Lake, Koala Lake, Panda Lake, Airport Lake, Long Lake, Nancy Lake, Brandy Lake, Willy Lake, Kodiak Lakes, Moose Lake, Nero Lake, Grizzly Lake, Coppermine watershed
- Parameters
- fish habitat, water quality, hydrology, fish populations, effluent quality, leachate quality, dewatering impacts, habitat compensation, water level alteration, contaminant loading, nutrient loading, water balance, water supply and distribution
- Pages
- 8
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