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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, m5 H8 j" F4 [# i
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press0 H- p5 p @6 G2 {; U
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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.
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- h+ }# q" R5 I7 f/ ^, ZThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
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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.! f# |( D; F! i+ ?4 `
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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.7 O% j) Z( d0 y
0 _! K9 N9 a4 HMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.3 z9 M7 i3 M/ q/ X/ Z
. u5 J$ P; c4 S: }- N8 b( PThe 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. |
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