Technical Evaluation of the BHP NWT Diamond Project Environmental Impact Statement (Environment Canada, October 1995)
Environment Canada's technical evaluation of the BHP NWT Diamond Project Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Lac de Gras diamond mine identifies numerous deficiencies and recommends areas requiring supplementary information, including enhanced characterization of tailings facility performance, waste rock toxicity, ground water impacts, wildlife monitoring, and climate change considerations before the Federal Environmental Assessment Panel hearings.
- Date
- 1995-10-23
- Document type
- regulatory-filing
- Parties
- Environment Canada, BHP (Broken Hill Proprietary), BHP NWT Diamond Project, Federal Environmental Assessment Panel, Blackwater Group
- Locations
- Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, NWT, Long Lake, Moose Lake, Nero Lake, Koala, Panda, Leslie, Fox Lake, Kodiak Lake, Coppermine River, Indin River, Lockhart River, Contwoyto Lake, Lupin Lake, Yellowknife, Mackenzie District, Arctic Tundra
- Parameters
- water quality, ground water, tailings management, waste rock, air quality, ammonia/ammonium nitrate, leachate, effluent toxicity, permafrost, hydrology, streamflow, bird habitat, caribou, wildlife, sediment quality, suspended solids/clay particles, flocculants, precipitation, evaporation, climate change, mine closure/decommissioning, spill response
- Pages
- 53
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