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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 n, `/ W7 ?, E8 g# o
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4 _; a5 D6 x4 s5 D5 cWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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a7 T* ?& C% D" I8 e8 DBy The Canadian Press8 r: L" b$ [7 ]5 D E1 v* n
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7 k! e( |# j% N6 H; zFORT 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.4 S8 Z$ T0 H# H" a+ ^7 \
- X$ R8 H1 q4 s6 [5 W: qThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants., U8 q3 _: @, _- y) O
5 w$ ~( r* A8 Z) }. TThe 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.5 K6 d4 U0 l' w4 X$ f. V: T1 m
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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.
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, s- l) j& U; d- xThe 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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