Type A Water Licence N7L2-1616 Application Case File, NWT Diamonds (Ekati) Project (NWT Water Board, 1996 to 1997)

NWT Water Board / BHP file binder October 18 1996 — Water Register N7L2-1616 correspondence with Pape & Salter Barristers & Solicitors (Vancouver — Arthur Pape) and Ferguson Gifford Barristers & Solicitors (Martin Gifford, Leonard Polsky, Eva-Lisa Helin, Ross Ellis, C. Anthony Wiisua, Michael MoDolo). Includes November 1996 Recommendations and Options for Establishing Effluent Quality Standards for the BHP Diamond Project Tailings Containment Area (variable effluent quality standard — non-compliance categorization, public perception of arsenic problems, Arsenic Total average 0.015 mg/L / max 0.03 mg/L WHO Aquatic Life standard, Cadmium dissolved/total Niwe-MenMer reference), and July 1997 NWT Water Board correspondence to J.D. Excell (VP Operations BHP, Greg Cook 403-669-2656, Dave Milburn).