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9 l5 g# \0 F) z% k0 Y" eSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press* U% t$ x4 K5 l# {
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6 Q0 u, n# B& u& \" 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.8 V& O# e9 x# |/ }' m4 {
; v" e, @% L2 n: xThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.$ o6 T% q+ |. p, u8 L% |
3 @/ \ {9 D1 b a+ NThe 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.& H6 f4 W& m+ o: W9 J8 m
1 b! I$ M7 n$ e% n& H W% fEnvironment 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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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.& N2 b$ Y( o9 U! m; p
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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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