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8 T8 y. ^; H c- Y) [1 bSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM6 Z5 X H1 R2 V2 e; {
2 D) @& v% Z, e) _% q, A+ v; w- gBy The Canadian Press0 N9 E+ w* g; I
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; L S% G# N) h/ b( BFORT 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 x3 E- ^6 U; [& k; `) c. b7 v1 @
& l3 m4 X, L9 W3 uThe 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.1 I+ U b) v, E0 D8 ?5 d: I
. ^7 A6 @# J2 P5 oEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.: K4 u8 a$ a5 S6 `; ?% g; x6 I6 x( J/ f
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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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