 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capre ... nds_sewage_dumped_16 s# u, q7 Q, x3 l" U4 m
v8 ~+ U3 S+ ~1 ySuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
3 Z8 |/ A5 s* Z3 B5 a9 J# g0 ^# R% t& E6 L
Module body
4 N) f) ?) j8 s3 P/ f' \# J# v9 b# ~
; c6 W7 J' M) H$ z9 v6 x& {Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
+ v8 a" y& ?3 w( r% u. K
" Q2 `# e+ Z" e1 s( W% a6 CBy The Canadian Press
6 \4 H7 o$ C: C. g! W: KADVERTISEMENT$ k3 i7 v! @7 A
q. y) D7 C/ x/ sFORT 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.
2 Y( n0 H# J) o" W2 u4 s% \' _' z3 d! h( h! q
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./ ?, u8 y) E# [! s: B2 c6 @0 u
+ G" r6 `- W2 h* A2 Z+ AThe 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.
- k4 Q8 B% B8 l# w2 v: J- }& f0 @6 V- L$ n! M
Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& P- _) ^, A# w. ^) s" p+ P7 D6 C
! Y7 D* H* N8 i6 ?' P0 L# n4 J/ l
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.
9 ^8 ^) P: |( c( j- c- Q
" p" g! h1 O9 HThe 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. |
|