 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capre ... nds_sewage_dumped_1
% g( m- V7 e5 r+ H# B [/ b+ L! \- h
Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% u) _7 R( u& Y1 ] g. g& I# y, r
6 d2 A# t; ^; D* @$ {- k+ F# {' |7 i
Module body# M1 V0 C' D8 p1 y) E, G7 Z6 {4 H' `1 X
# d+ O8 v+ E! }, Z! T' DWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
% g, t" |) C! K6 q/ q9 P" e) e6 s4 C# V. u7 D0 b1 {) v* N
By The Canadian Press0 F& Q+ v# o+ U% ^" X. x( T- J$ X
ADVERTISEMENT6 [# R8 L8 |7 v6 c9 F- e, v# a
! b: q+ X* k- e: T% c% ?FORT 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 s# ]( e8 ?1 B4 s3 P
5 o" e. @- r( S7 RThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
3 e: @8 a2 f @! @5 w/ C
; N+ k, ]# z: |, H" kThe 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." ~8 H, x3 w* B& ^7 F
2 L/ W1 Y' Q/ a' Z: q, NEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
' {% y3 S! t4 W8 {' ~- a: F2 ?( ?) `$ B8 Z1 h
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.. t+ y3 C* W" [ Y7 g
+ x1 V; _" c' {: X4 Y" L1 d
The 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
