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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, k/ R2 L( N- z
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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.3 F2 C- Y4 n7 r: ~
. G3 [; K! x& N% ^; F) a6 P: ZThe 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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' `- V9 ~; N X: L9 ]5 bThe 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.( M9 A6 u" g, |# E
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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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' B' v( N# Z; ]6 ?* n. _8 v) nMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.( G2 k ]0 h+ Z, ?6 E7 P
: ?1 o* J$ A. V cThe 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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