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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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, ~& f9 y2 R0 a* p8 qBy 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.9 W f3 ]* d) j/ \* U+ y) Z
/ h! A2 T6 g$ I5 R$ Q8 \9 OThe 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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5 x( @- k. Y# V% aThe 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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$ x- n. n! C" J6 \# J1 U( U3 ?) `, pEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., v: Z7 {2 F% X' v' Y9 `
0 ]8 ?" W" ]; b0 o0 C- H/ J, x" w9 kMcCabe 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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) f/ w9 x. ^' \4 N& q! Q0 s" R+ h/ NThe 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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