 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capre ... nds_sewage_dumped_1
6 U8 {( p. O! P$ _2 l, X% `- w# |# n6 |, l+ ?
Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 l2 M' `' v# n' l" u3 b/ T! J/ _! ~
8 P- H+ m! N& {0 ]Module body
4 f& h: w$ m# m3 W1 ?
0 O8 K, o& }" z5 ^& f. E2 |) d1 G2 G* \! IWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
, w# b. ?/ X2 _2 `$ H7 h
7 s6 @1 m6 _" K* @& x, ]& ^- m% d* @By The Canadian Press) X" D1 U: y# M; `" @
ADVERTISEMENT# F! k1 @/ q2 O: ?: @
3 l; H) s8 e+ m, E8 o3 d: [
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.
8 L, I* T& @$ r% C7 s; c( w
& c8 B a9 w) y& P4 V* W3 z$ AThe 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 ?8 A) o- {9 _2 N: h
, h- E8 Y; m- T: t3 I. {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.8 o6 d' w* s9 |, Q1 e& u
# z* y0 u0 \+ d9 U2 D
Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
# W* a( L+ e6 `* A7 I) d) F* i4 k1 a6 F
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.
8 K! i+ Z" d' I6 Q8 N5 C( Q; i" l, l
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. |
|