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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* a* O4 m6 f `$ A
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM; Z' O7 f; ^6 C( ^6 P# {0 J/ ]
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By The Canadian Press( k: h7 E1 m5 N% j- _; Z/ n
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, G8 V B/ F+ k2 K1 s3 \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.3 y% V9 W7 y7 L& Q
+ H' M1 F% L( ]7 N2 jThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.) B& n+ K! x, D: j
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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./ _9 W- ?' x p! Q8 |: c0 [
+ ?+ D7 r3 }+ [+ v* q0 PEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River." A" [9 Z( {0 ^3 y0 A, f# \
( s* }/ C9 e% w2 s1 lMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.9 R6 w: d) V; W$ m6 R3 q' O, g
' [2 k% `; P7 w* ~! `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. |
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