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Speaking notes and information package explaining the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA '99), which came into force on March 31, 2000. The document covers the Act's key objectives, administrative structures, public participation mechanisms, toxic substance controls, pollution prevention, waste management, and enforcement tools.
The Macleod Institute conducted a comprehensive performance evaluation of the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency (IEMA), examining the Agency's effectiveness in meeting its responsibilities under the Environmental Agreement governing the Ekati Diamond Mine. The evaluation assessed stakeholder understanding of the Agency's mandate, satisfaction with outcomes, activity design quality, and external factors influencing Agency performance, ultimately concluding that while the Agency's technical contributions are strong, significant improvements are needed in communications, community engagement, strategic planning, and internal management.
The Macleod Institute conducted a performance evaluation of the Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency's effectiveness in meeting its mandate under the Environmental Agreement for the Ekati Diamond Mine, assessing the Agency's monitoring, public involvement, and management activities through interviews with 29 stakeholders and document review. The evaluation found the Agency's technical contributions well-received but identified significant gaps in community communications, liaison functions, and strategic planning.
This 1999 annual report documents BHP Diamonds' reclamation research program at the Ekati Diamond Mine, evaluating kimberlite and lake sediment as growth substrates for vegetation, assessing riparian and wetland vegetation establishment in the Panda Diversion Channel, and monitoring reclamation efforts at multiple mine disturbance sites. The research focused on developing techniques to support long-term plant establishment and ecosystem recovery in support of mine closure and reclamation objectives.
Monthly water surveillance network program report for December 1999 and November 1999 from BHP Diamonds Inc. for the Ekati Diamond Mine, presenting detailed water sampling results, chemical analyses, flow measurements, and weather data from multiple monitoring stations in compliance with water licence N7L2-1616.
Cumulative Effects Assessment — Participants Resource Binder from Banff Cumulative Environmental Effects (CE) workshop, March 1997. Sessions led by Bill Ross (University of Calgary), Jeff Green (AXYS), with appraisers (Vicki Robin Elford), Telus (Lionel Peel) and others. Covers urban EIA / more CE / more people, CE assessment perspectives, definitions and context, difficulties undertaking CEA. Includes "A Guide to Environmental Assessments: Assessing Cumulative Effects" (March 1997 — Authorities and Reference Appendix), Canadian Environmental Assessment Act Reference Guide for cumulative effects, and Central Rockies ecosystem / Banff National Park ecological integrity and interjurisdictional land-management cooperation case study.
BHP's Environmental Agreement Annual Report 1999 and Environmental Impact Report 2000 document the company's environmental management programs and monitoring activities at the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, covering monitoring of air quality, water, wildlife, and archaeological sites over the first three years of mine operations from 1996-1999.
This document is the Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine, detailing the characterization, geochemical testing, and management strategies for mine waste rock, ore storage, and drainage from four kimberlite pipes (Panda, Koala, Misery, and Fox) scheduled for sequential mining between 1997 and 2014. The plan includes rock type geology, results of geochemical testing, water quality predictions, waste management strategies, and monitoring protocols required under the Type A Water Licence.
This interim abandonment and restoration plan describes BHP's strategy for reclaiming disturbed areas at the Ekati Diamond Mine following the mining of four kimberlite pipes (Panda, Koala, Fox, and Misery) over a projected 15-year operational period. The plan details reclamation approaches for open pits, underground facilities, tailings containment areas, waste rock storage, water management structures, quarries, roads, and other infrastructure, emphasizing stable landforms, water resource protection, and facilitation of natural recovery through progressive reclamation, revegetation research, and post-closure monitoring.
This technical report presents results from the 1999 Kodiak Lake Sewage Effects Study, the third and final year of a three-year monitoring program examining the effects of treated sewage effluent discharge on the lake ecosystem. The report documents changes in water quality, biological communities, sediment conditions, and fish populations from 1994–1999, and includes dissolved oxygen modelling and assessment of downstream impacts on Little Lake.
Waste Rock Seepage Survey binder for the Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc., later under Wek'èezhìi and Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board oversight) covering 1999–2008. Includes annual spring/summer seepage survey reports, BHPB correspondence (Laura Tyler, Jim Millard, David Scott, Brent Murphy, Sarah Baines), MVLWB/WLWB correspondence (Violet Camsell-Blondin, Ryan Fequet, Sevanna), 2005 EIR (Environmental Impact Review) technical meetings, ICRP (Interim Closure and Reclamation Plan) Terms of Reference, 2006 Water and Processed Kimberlite Management Plan (WPKMP), Surveillance Network Program non-compliance correspondence (Red Pederson Agency / John Witteman BHP), and Water Licence MV2003L2-0013 documents.
This is a comprehensive regulatory filing document containing correspondence and meeting records spanning from 2000 to 2004 regarding BHP Billiton's Fox Pit water licence amendment application for the Ekati Diamond Mine, including dewatering plans, fish habitat compensation, waste rock storage, and environmental monitoring requirements reviewed by multiple regulatory agencies.
Technical report documenting the 1999 Kodiak Lake Sewage Effects Study conducted by Rescan Environmental Services for BHP Diamonds Inc., including detailed stream flow monitoring data from multiple locations (Grizzly, PDC Mouth, Kodiak-Little) throughout the year with discharge measurements, gauge heights, velocities, and field methodology.
This is the second year (1999) monitoring report for the Panda Diversion Channel at Ekati Diamond Mine, assessing the performance of constructed fish habitat enhancements and channel stability following a major freshet event. The report documents hydrology, spring fish migration, larval emergence, habitat assessments, channel stability, benthic invertebrates, and periphyton communities, comparing 1999 results with 1998 baseline data and concluding that Arctic grayling and other fish species are utilizing the channel and enhancements successfully despite some areas of channel degradation from exaggerated peak flows.
This workshop report documents a three-day Cumulative Effects Assessment and Management (CEAM) workshop held in Yellowknife in December 1999, where stakeholders including Aboriginal governments, federal and territorial agencies, industry, and NGOs developed a coordinated framework for assessing and managing cumulative environmental effects in the Northwest Territories. The workshop produced a conceptual CEAM framework with components including vision/objectives, baseline studies, monitoring, project assessments, and environmental management strategies, along with proposed terms of reference for a Working Group to further develop and implement the framework.
The 1999 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) technical report appendices present comprehensive environmental sampling data and analysis for lakes and streams at the Ekati Diamond Mine, including water quality, physical limnology, climatic parameters, stream flow measurements, and sediment chemistry collected throughout 1999.
The 1999 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Technical Report Appendices Volume I presents environmental monitoring data collected at the Ekati Diamond Mine, including sampling locations for AEMP lakes, climatic data from monitoring stations, stream flow measurements, and water quality parameters across multiple lakes and streams in the region.
This is Volume II of the 1999 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) Technical Report for the Ekati Diamond Mine, containing detailed appendices with phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, and fish community data, along with statistical analyses and taxonomic results from AEMP lakes and streams collected from July through September 1999.
This 1999 progress report documents the University of Alberta's research assessing the effectiveness of the Panda Diversion Channel at Ekati Diamond Mine as fish habitat replacement, including studies of Arctic grayling populations, benthic communities, water chemistry, and hydraulic modeling of constructed habitat structures.
Technical report Volume II appendices documenting the 1999 Aquatic Effects Monitoring Program (AEMP) for the Ekati Diamond Mine, containing detailed taxonomic results, biomass data, and statistical analyses for phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthos, and fish communities across multiple AEMP lakes and streams in the Northwest Territories.