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. O6 y- ?* `. ?2 K O4 s4 sSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM C0 q8 V. C9 P7 w! b
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By The Canadian Press' l, R" P8 s# g, Z
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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.7 U! p- ~2 ]- d- W1 O
" P3 f+ N! y, Z# I) 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.' D; R% G* f0 x
8 u, c! P" t8 g* r3 h1 D, 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.! ~. z; D+ ?6 \% P: f j/ \
) {& y) R0 J. T* u; {. [+ ~Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ o( j) D: n7 E% n$ a5 t
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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. Y5 _! l+ ?! X0 [
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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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