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$ m, n) D& |: bSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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% P& a* B5 W7 uWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM% A5 D3 T$ L4 ]& G+ `
& R) F/ Z& K2 q; \5 eBy 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.
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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.
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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.5 R( m1 S) h. V+ d* E
3 z+ S: E( F' |9 _7 TEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 [' _, D/ p& e Y$ d! N1 E
$ F) u) U7 T) `( s1 j+ e7 A5 |9 BMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.* g1 Y1 G8 c, q o( g
: J" A6 ?- D, \" u! ]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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