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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* r- |6 z4 `2 G& c+ n
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 M% m5 h1 g. {( S" C( |( D0 WBy 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.! F v+ C! o8 I5 ^6 \
* g# ?; C8 f% C. V% n3 E- ^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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$ l* m- \" _8 MThe 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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5 {1 v- f' U! t4 }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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, M2 a4 }$ L* B& E- h9 L1 Z2 {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.6 ~# O7 [# F3 C8 C
/ n! {. f0 B/ c* l7 e& \% N( H$ CThe 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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