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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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& N) Q; w) I, nBy 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.) J$ E, G5 T X% e" v
( c4 m8 f& T" z+ d; ]2 _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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/ C, I* C' C2 @9 [8 oThe 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 [( q g: n1 M& S) A
/ i# W) g' g; ~( Q* A7 REnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 I5 j U$ y. L2 l( A# L
l4 y% x+ u. Z" E- 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.) k l9 W( d! d9 `- T$ A
U1 c1 L0 k; p( k% E4 I9 FThe 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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