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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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4 O0 v4 ~5 H+ c; i; e4 UWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM `' s7 D- F" A* l. P6 Q4 q# l
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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.3 F: F7 g B% Y. D3 _
( E( ^! o2 w" 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.
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& G$ T" @) y4 K% qThe 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." ~3 k( J6 r' L# L) b; I% q2 K
6 b: w! }, a1 M' x$ b3 i/ kMcCabe 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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' R }% t& b3 R$ e: Z1 c6 _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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