Written Submission in Response to Draft Environmental Impact Statement Guidelines (DIAND, April 1995)
DIAND's written submission provides detailed comments on the Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel's draft guidelines for the preparation of an environmental impact statement for the proposed BHP Diamonds Inc. diamond mine in the Northwest Territories. The submission addresses the Panel's approach to issues including traditional knowledge integration, Aboriginal rights, project scope definition, and management plans, while also discussing the parallel Slave Geological Province regional study and DIAND's commitment to sustainable development in the North.
- Date
- Document type
- Regulatory Filing
- Parties
- Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), Federal Environmental Assessment Review Panel, BHP Diamonds Inc., Minister Irwin, Minister Copps, Minister Arnaqnaa'aq, David Livingstone, Gordon Stewart, Don Law-West
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, NWT, Slave Geological Province, Long Lake
- Parameters
- water quality, caribou movements, traditional knowledge, environmental impact assessment, sustainable development, cumulative effects, acid rock drainage, air quality, wetlands, permafrost, biodiversity, fish habitat, socio-economic effects, ground stability, water management, mitigation measures
- Pages
- 14
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