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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! L) r) j1 W. O% J1 y4 {
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 M8 b8 |* p: r& y E4 s
3 p) v3 k! R( H3 A: y( uBy The Canadian Press
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c+ p* Q+ J3 I: |! g5 I- OFORT 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.) r! c3 j" X0 Z/ O V
- ?3 x' S, b" h3 n* D1 H _! aThe 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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9 T/ l+ n3 `% s }6 sThe 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. h! F8 D L: ]1 \( K
4 H3 s' N* M2 Y7 {1 Q) L X; t. _Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 V2 L4 Z4 c6 f7 z/ N/ Y
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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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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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