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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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/ E0 ~ d! k% ~1 M1 }" e/ ~) ?By The Canadian Press; P' }9 w/ j: o4 s
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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.
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6 F! g3 B4 H1 q4 ~( 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./ t$ e) I# k9 i" \, z) r
8 E1 A+ ?0 M) uThe 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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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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5 a: U4 ]0 K# b0 Q' J1 l! E2 [0 IMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river., T& a, l/ n) V% W
. ^" J4 i9 o6 W# X- e$ s# F/ RThe 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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