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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
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7 x' ^6 |4 b, A% J$ D! W1 S4 ?* w5 _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./ I8 K& o9 @, H" H+ T
8 @- K/ Q# l% m1 q7 MThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.% u- V6 Q% E% E) S4 {
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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.: K0 L! O/ v' ^$ K' U( w3 i# A
: W8 [% Q! W+ `' P# U7 ~( y% BEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.! L! {" }4 {3 @/ H' ~+ S! e
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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.- ]- X8 n: b+ o* ]4 ?% ^
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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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