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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* ~7 k) ^9 o, v5 G
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1 f/ h$ f ]" [+ c2 h& z7 C0 s7 \By The Canadian Press8 _, Y9 Y o. ]0 T$ I
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6 `% O& t9 }# }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.8 j+ n+ N( f5 y: O8 T' b. w0 h+ o: b
0 B) i. ^5 B" P( F, yThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.' V8 Z8 w5 i7 _4 u) \6 j
# ^5 [0 a7 Z' s( N- L: @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.$ l( m) O6 y- m5 r5 ^2 X/ U
( h7 E) D- H4 u, TEnvironment 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.% c, O3 m0 w# g' w: T3 O c
# k2 b( y9 r* @6 h+ qThe 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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