 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capre ... nds_sewage_dumped_16 m) G+ S) k' K! Z1 r: v
$ X9 T3 R6 ^- J% e# U7 M( dSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 M* _7 E; }% D, {$ \; |
* r- h5 C: Y0 E5 _) f" c) E2 CModule body
! ? i! P, u* c! J e* M: _- W- m& v" {3 R' P* n, [1 z
Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
% v# Y7 o* Z# P* p' ~4 G
) q% a; L" p5 z& S* gBy The Canadian Press. b8 P; ?) \* Z( _5 e8 X) O
ADVERTISEMENT& s9 w0 J( d6 ~: `
6 d* y- L6 H& x2 F3 _, n
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.
@1 k" R2 p' m
0 K- F( h+ w# g6 s4 Z& U% }# ]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.) u) U1 r e9 L
2 ~; v. h( o# ^7 b: FThe 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.
* \7 l/ \$ x6 k* q9 M: M4 s) k) v- X7 e& _: A
Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
/ Q4 R1 E" h2 U1 W, O1 _* ]- W7 p, j# m& K" z
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.
. U1 h# e4 l* F% o0 x: v6 s; M
. L4 z! [+ v* K7 {, Z9 x3 N8 J {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
