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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: R9 h2 Q8 C9 H
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By The Canadian Press' p- `( Q6 W' F4 z h
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: H; k1 g Z' q; j; s6 o$ jFORT 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.& i4 @6 f1 v8 F) f+ d7 D- G1 k$ G
, v& [6 D) d0 v( q$ D+ XThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.! E, w! r% Y9 `7 ]% S
# r* N. B2 _. ~. g4 uThe 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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/ |! i0 Q0 T$ n" H. ?8 k6 @( Q3 @3 AEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River. I: |8 ~- R6 B8 D8 t7 y, _- g& H7 d
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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.' I% M: l! g* w
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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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