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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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/ L! I8 _; Q8 r7 P8 D9 N/ dWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, _& D5 v% F8 LBy The Canadian Press5 @: }, }# n. s" C# o) ?
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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.& T3 B) f8 e" B5 {, }
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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.5 x0 f# z- J% j3 `" s
: W) S2 f; o& M* l, {- K1 wThe 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.+ j, e- {& k m" i, r5 ]
" i2 \* {5 k. Z( ^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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; c/ p: d& t# a5 rMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.4 |; V4 a- K- ` H% ?0 j
; Z# U( j" |4 P; s: L4 p9 _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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