Terms of Reference Technical Responses and Recommendations, Ekati Diamond Mine Expansion (BHP Billiton, August 2001)
This document is a Terms of Reference review with technical responses and recommendations from various regulatory agencies and stakeholders regarding BHP Diamonds Inc.'s proposed expansion of the Ekati Diamond Mine involving three new kimberlite pipes (Sable, Pigeon, and Koala). The review addresses consultation requirements, environmental assessment scope, closure and reclamation planning, hazardous materials handling, and cumulative watershed impacts.
- Date
- Document type
- Report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., DIAND, GNWT, DFO, NRCan, Environment Canada, KIA, YDFN, Gartner Lee Ltd.
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Pigeon Pond, Leslie Pipe, Sable Pit, Beartooth pit, Koala Pit, Ursula Lake, Exeter, Lac de Gras
- Parameters
- public consultation, traditional knowledge, fish habitat, hazardous materials, tailings management, processed kimberlite, water quality, metal leaching, acid rock drainage, closure and reclamation, revegetation, pit-lake reclamation, surface water quality and quantity, cumulative effects, waste rock management, environmental monitoring
- Pages
- 6
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