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Survey of Fish Populations in Cell E of the Long Lake Containment Facility, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, October 2003)
1 October 2003Report
This report documents a fish population survey of Cell E of the Long Lake Containment Facility at the Ekati Diamond Mine conducted in August 2003, comparing 22 biological variables with pre-development conditions from 1994 and 1997 to assess the facility's impacts on fish communities. The survey found that most fish population characteristics showed no significant change, with higher catch rates of adult fish but evidence of reduced juvenile recruitment possibly due to loss of spawning habitat caused by dyke construction.
Aquatics Fish Habitat Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)
Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2003)
31 March 2003Report
This 2002 Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report from BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. documents the sixth year of operations at the Ekati Diamond Mine under the Environmental Agreement and four water licences, detailing compliance monitoring, environmental programs, construction activities, and continuous improvement initiatives across water management, waste management, wildlife monitoring, and reclamation efforts.
Environmental Agreement Water Licence Regulatory
Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2003)
31 March 2003Report
BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc.'s 2002 Environmental Agreement and Water Licences Annual Report documents the Ekati Diamond Mine's environmental performance and compliance for the sixth year of operation under the Environmental Agreement signed with the GNWT and Government of Canada. The report covers mining operations at multiple pits, water management, processed kimberlite containment, reclamation research, environmental monitoring programs, and continuous improvement initiatives including ISO 14001 certification efforts.
Environmental Agreement Water Licence Regulatory
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-evaluation and Refinement Report, Proposed Program for 2003–2007, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2003)
~2003Report
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BHP Billiton's re-evaluation and refinement report proposes modifications to the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) for 2003-2007, evaluating sampling locations, monitoring frequencies, and analytical approaches based on historical data analysis and stakeholder consultation. The report recommends adding Leslie Lake to monitoring, continuing triennial monitoring of Little Lake, retaining Vulture Lake as a reference site, and refining seasonal sampling protocols for phytoplankton and zooplankton.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-evaluation and Refinement Report, Proposed Program for 2003–2007, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2003)
1 January 2003Report
This is an Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) re-evaluation and refinement report for 2003-2007 prepared by BHP Billiton and Rescan Environmental Services. The document evaluates and proposes refinements to the AEMP monitoring program for the Ekati Diamond Mine, including assessment of sampling locations, monitoring frequencies, quality assurance procedures, and monitored parameters based on analysis of historical data and comparison with other established monitoring programs.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality Benthic Invertebrates
Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program Technical Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2003)
1 January 2003Report
This technical report presents findings from the 2002 Panda Diversion Channel (PDC) Monitoring Program at the Ekati Diamond Mine, documenting hydrology, fish communities, habitat stability, and benthic and periphyton communities in the channel designed to compensate for habitat lost to mining operations. The 2002 monitoring year was characterized by low spring precipitation and peak flows, yet Arctic grayling continued to extensively utilize the PDC for spawning and migration with the second-highest numbers recorded since monitoring began in 1998.
Aquatics Fish Habitat Monitoring
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Appendix 1 Data Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2002)
31 December 2002Report
The 2002 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Data Report presents comprehensive environmental monitoring data collected at the Ekati Diamond Mine, including meteorological, hydrological, water quality, sediment quality, and biological community data (phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, and fish) from multiple lakes and streams for the year 2002.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Technical Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2002)
1 December 2002Report
The 2002 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program technical report evaluates baseline and post-baseline monitoring data from the Koala and King-Cujo watersheds to assess impacts of the Ekati Diamond Mine on aquatic environments. The report finds that while mine activities caused localized changes in water quality parameters within both watersheds, no major adverse ecological effects were observed in biological communities, though some elevated nutrient levels and phytoplankton biomass changes were detected in specific receiving lakes.
Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Aquatics Water Quality
Authorization for Works or Undertaking Affecting Fish Habitat, Ekati Diamond Mine (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, October 2002)
15 October 2002Permit
This is a Department of Fisheries and Oceans authorization permit issued to BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc. for harmful alteration, disruption, or destruction of fish habitat resulting from mining operations at the Ekati Diamond Mine from October 2002 to December 2014. The authorization covers destruction of six lakes and associated streams to access underlying kimberlite ore, with compensation and mitigation measures including habitat substitution at Leslie Lake and creation of compensation projects.
Fish Habitat Regulatory Aquatics Closure & Reclamation
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-evaluation and Refinement Report, Proposed Program for 2003–2007, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, October 2002)
1 October 2002Report
This AEMP re-evaluation and refinement report for the Ekati Diamond Mine proposes modifications to the aquatic effects monitoring program for 2003-2007, including assessments of sampling locations (Grizzly, Leslie, and Little Lakes), annual and seasonal monitoring frequencies, quality assurance/quality control procedures, and evaluated parameters. The document evaluates whether water quality changes in Grizzly Lake result from fugitive dust or ANFO leaching, recommends adding Leslie Lake and reconsidering Vulture Lake as reference sites, and proposes reducing seasonal phytoplankton and zooplankton sampling from three times per year to August-only collection while maintaining other monitoring frequencies.
Aquatics Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Water Quality
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-Evaluation and Refinement Report, Proposed Program for 2003–2007, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, October 2002)
1 October 2002Report
This is a draft report evaluating and refining the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) at the Ekati Diamond Mine for the 2003-2007 period. The report recommends modifications to sampling locations (adding Leslie Lake, evaluating Vulture Lake and Little Lake), monitoring frequencies, and analytical procedures based on assessment of historical data and comparison with established monitoring guidelines.
Aquatics Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Water Quality Benthic Invertebrates
Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program, Data Synthesis 1998–2001, Technical Report Draft, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, September 2002)
1 September 2002Report
This technical report synthesizes and analyzes hydrologic, benthic invertebrate, periphyton, and fisheries data collected from the Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program from 1998–2001, evaluating the effectiveness of the constructed compensation channel that maintains fish passage between North Panda and Kodiak Lakes at the Ekati Diamond Mine. The report presents streamflow hydrographs, rating curves, habitat assessments, and biological community analyses to support future management decisions for the channel through 2007.
Aquatics Benthic Invertebrates Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)
Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Re-Evaluation & Refinement, Draft Scope of Work, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, July 2002)
16 July 2002Report
This draft scope of work outlines the re-evaluation and refinement of the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) and Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program (PDCMP) at Ekati Diamond Mine, detailing specific issues to be evaluated (sampling locations, frequencies, parameters, QA/QC procedures) and proposed analytical methodologies to improve monitoring programs for 2003-2007 field seasons.
Aquatics Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Monitoring Air Quality
Patterns and Relationships in Fish Abundance and Fish Habitat in Arctic Waterbodies (Fisheries and Oceans Canada, April 2002)
1 April 2002Report
This data review report evaluates fisheries datasets compiled from fish studies conducted between 1997-2000 in Arctic waterbodies of the Northwest Territories, submitted by proponents BHP Billiton Diamonds and Diavik. The report identifies significant data integrity issues including missing data, formatting problems, and errors in raw datasets that prevent effective incorporation into a relational fisheries database designed to analyze fish habitat and productivity relationships in sub-arctic lakes.
Aquatics Fish Habitat Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)
Sable, Pigeon and Beartooth No Net Loss Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2002)
29 March 2002Report
This No Net Loss Plan for BHP Billiton's Sable, Pigeon, and Beartooth kimberlite pipe developments at Ekati Diamond Mine quantifies fish habitat losses and compensation requirements across affected water bodies (Pigeon Stream, Big Reynolds Pond, Sable Lake, Two Rock Lake, and Beartooth Lake), using Habitat Unit calculations to meet DFO's Net Gain objective.
Fish Habitat Aquatics Development Plans
Aquatic Baseline Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, March 2002)
1 March 2002Report
This 2001 aquatic baseline report by Rescan Environmental Services for BHP Billiton documents comprehensive baseline monitoring of lakes, streams, and aquatic ecosystems in areas of the proposed Sable and Pigeon pit developments at Ekati Diamond Mine, establishing baseline conditions for future impact assessment under the Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program.
Aquatics Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)Water Quality
Public Hearing Interventions — BHP Billiton Class A Water Licence Application MV2001L2-0008 (Sable, Pigeon & Beartooth), Ekati Diamond Mine (Multiple parties, March 2002)
2002Report
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO Fish Habitat Management, Yellowknife) binder including the March 12 2002 letter to Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, the Review and Evaluation of the BHP Billiton Application for Class "A" Water Licence covering long-range atmospheric transport of pollutants and climate-change watershed impacts, Water Management Plan revision recommendations, AEMP expanded geographic scope, and the MVLWB Public Hearing intervention on BHP Billiton's Class A Water Licence Application for development of the Sable, Pigeon and Beartooth kimberlite pipes (Laurie Cordell / Sevn Bohnet DIAND).
Regulatory Water Licence Fish Habitat
Kodiak Lake Sewage Effects Study Technical Report, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, January 2002)
1 January 2002Report
This technical report presents results of the 2001 Kodiak Lake Sewage Effects Study, the second year of follow-up monitoring after a three-year specialized study (1997-1999) examining effects of treated sewage effluent discharge on the lake's aquatic ecosystem. The study found that Kodiak Lake has mostly recovered from eutrophication caused by past nutrient introduction, though current project activities (particularly the Panda Diversion Channel) continue to introduce elevated nitrate concentrations.
Aquatics Water Quality Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)
Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program Appendices, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2001)
1 January 2002Report
The 2001 Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program final report presents comprehensive environmental monitoring data from the stream habitat compensation program at Ekati Diamond Mine, including hydrology, fish populations, water quality, benthic communities, and habitat assessments conducted throughout the year.
Aquatics Monitoring Fish Habitat
Panda Diversion Channel Monitoring Program Appendices, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, December 2001)
1 January 2002Report
This comprehensive 2001 monitoring report for the Panda Diversion Channel at the Ekati Diamond Mine documents stream hydrology, fish populations (especially Arctic grayling and lake trout), larval fish distribution, benthic invertebrate communities, and habitat conditions across multiple assessment sites. The appendices provide detailed data on fish capture records, water quality measurements, substrate composition, and photographic documentation of habitat conditions during both high and low flow periods.
Monitoring Fish Habitat Aquatic Effects Monitoring (AEMP)

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