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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 w( E& N* C* p7 L5 G! x9 i9 S
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 A, V" Q7 ?: F- e. Q& z7 f$ Y
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By The Canadian Press
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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.4 ?& X4 F( r/ `9 v/ a
# v0 ]1 q8 t1 Y' z0 B4 u# f, bThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.* A4 U% f& x# f" ?0 x& w8 t- a
) t/ x; \/ _0 m5 i) q+ O% ], K9 pThe 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.
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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.
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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.
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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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