 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capre ... nds_sewage_dumped_1, P( M( S, J4 R% p
4 z3 x4 R1 R0 V0 k
Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ k( H. N7 e1 }
# x) a; d, j6 z7 Q3 |Module body
* h% A9 Y+ Y/ V( ?
2 z: f( D( K9 }Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 B/ M* A4 g: q3 ?# Y* o0 Y4 z! U
/ a. m; ~% S: e. w0 W/ _+ `6 ]
By The Canadian Press' s: u6 D2 i1 G1 q, a3 ?. z
ADVERTISEMENT& S1 }. b1 S2 G$ Z4 N& S- n* v
* A, H& f$ c. W. I3 ~# nFORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU) and two of its contractors are headed to court next month after being charged with dumping partially-treated sewage from two work camps into a northern Alberta river.) D$ |5 `/ r$ I0 s" K
& h' Z) _6 g5 k* ?& }6 _* A2 ^
The contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
4 D% d0 r7 F) ^2 Y$ m$ l; x: W9 d7 n4 s5 _
The charges laid last year under Alberta's Environmental Protection Act include failing to properly treat wastewater and providing false or misleading information to the environment ministry.* V/ C6 f5 F& \, F# O, x* u
7 z+ i2 f+ q) N
Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
4 v! v) |. U0 ]6 Y7 I! N+ g* j7 G6 W( \% S
McCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.. i& K* A& ^( S# c. r+ |
) R. N' x% G* \1 D" LThe nearest downstream community is Fort MacKay, but a spokesman for the aboriginal settlement said the 600 residents take their water from another river that's not connected to the Athabasca. |
|
狗仔卡
发表于 2009-3-11 18:15
提升卡
置顶卡
沉默卡
喧嚣卡
变色卡
显身卡
发表于 2009-3-11 19:33
