Talking Points for Oral Presentation to the BHP Panel's General Session (DIAND, February 1996)
DIAND presents its regulatory role, policies, and position on the BHP diamond mine project to the environmental review panel, covering water and land licensing requirements, diamond-specific policies (royalties, valuation, security), minesite reclamation policy, upcoming land claims settlements and regulatory regime changes, and concluding that the project can be regulated under current and proposed regulatory frameworks with adequate mitigation of environmental impacts.
- Date
- 1996-02-12
- Document type
- presentation
- Parties
- Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary), NWT Water Board, Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT), Dogrib Tribal Council, Yellowknives Dene, Lutsel K'e First Nation, Deninu Kue First Nation, Salt River First Nation, Dene and Métis of the Deh Cho region, South Slave Metis, Inuvialuit, Gwich'in, Sahtu, Warren Johnson, Hiram Beaubier, Dan Murphy, Jane-Anne Manson
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Ekati Diamond Mine, Yellowknife, Nunavut, Mackenzie Valley, North Slave region, West Kitikmeot Slave Study area, Deh Cho region, Inuvialuit region, Treaty 8 area, Treaty 11 area
- Parameters
- water quality, water use and discharge, waste disposal, tailings management, waste rock sites, mining royalties, diamond valuation, minesite security, minesite reclamation, closure and decommissioning costs, environmental impacts, sustainable development, cumulative effects, Aboriginal traditional land use, environmental assessment
- Pages
- 15
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