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4 p9 P2 M. X7 M8 r) T6 FSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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& d; w( T& w1 l& _6 SBy The Canadian Press
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2 t/ ]- x& X8 c, F3 R: q* VFORT 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.$ z' d8 v' M/ {, k) L. x; l0 E
/ t" M0 }3 z& o) d& ^; OThe 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.
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4 c' \5 G, W1 I) w8 O) M9 {Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ C( A2 C/ b, Z& T* h" ?) Q/ e. _
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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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/ Y! ?% b0 @* \0 r/ ^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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