 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capre ... nds_sewage_dumped_1
1 C, b' F, E) k0 b& y, m
: }# F, K5 l, I3 a$ G/ o: nSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
9 _0 Y7 N( E. p* A; r/ ~5 O3 H, Q/ T! X8 ~* y4 O) Z
Module body
2 a( s4 P1 ?6 S' d9 `6 f% M, b. `9 w' _# p: u6 o
Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
2 W/ L2 T4 P8 T" a8 z, j0 P
3 j$ _- V* P$ }5 wBy The Canadian Press8 W2 W; F7 V7 q ~
ADVERTISEMENT) \& H9 Q) o3 h1 @
3 H6 e5 c, s& F0 wFORT 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. D6 q; q9 p" ^ ~0 k# S7 ^5 ?5 P
0 \# u9 Y* ]* I$ ]" T' ?+ I
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.
3 V) O8 w% |2 V1 J6 @" S- Z1 T+ _2 [+ J0 ]
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.
9 }* t% R& r* {9 X
1 }! b: ^& g( `6 R8 GEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.- K8 r6 X g8 A; Y8 M% i5 f
+ }3 M9 v* \, P. }. V0 }3 v/ RMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.+ y# a$ E' p( {! S9 G, g) n! |
% I2 J0 _9 \9 a' \% rThe 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. |
|