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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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0 s8 i1 q0 Q g& r9 s8 z# eBy The Canadian Press* ^+ r. [; `, p$ F d
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6 E. Q) T" O8 z, S, d' i' b3 {2 nFORT 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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The 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.1 Y% m2 |, G0 L# E3 ^5 k9 O
9 y0 j; C; u' H( t* n1 sEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( W$ h9 T: p5 Z& n/ v
0 k* z2 w2 C+ Z3 o$ o' G# L8 v' vMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.. H3 [5 L/ `) b- B* U
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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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