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* H* @) Y0 j1 F4 @, C0 p) JSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM; \6 M7 [; Y6 E. O) f, w- o
- o( F" I% J* u5 Y1 g- LBy 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.2 f& e$ c7 t0 J. {
: g8 l7 d) j% tThe 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.+ B- R) X5 ]2 ?% p+ i& v: {
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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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N/ P( O5 D7 x* K9 eMcCabe 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* O5 k7 z4 c% E G+ j: k
9 S2 X, H, H" X; YThe 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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