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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% V9 y# l% p+ m
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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5 B$ V( k, q9 C; l) S2 _1 yBy The Canadian Press" r" X5 m$ F+ U5 s" G2 w& Z! K, Z
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- m+ A% V' h6 @7 j) TFORT 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." ~" k5 S) ~+ ^/ s' `4 @
4 a+ @6 I9 }. Z, h6 y7 R: 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.
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2 }3 q' j$ W9 o2 LEnvironment 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- k" _: v6 o) O1 uMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.# b. u2 v! c A( T
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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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