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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river- u9 {* O+ q4 p% O& \8 Y
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 t) {% \8 `, z
. H2 F. n, m2 O, ?. |" N8 _By 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.: s* a) m6 Y; H" v
8 o# `- S4 D) F: X8 eThe 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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: f/ X( ?4 F0 f7 C ]# xThe 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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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.- C6 ?" S7 v3 q8 z
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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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