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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; {% \" p) d8 R
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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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.) B+ {9 E3 ?. O4 d z& g b: p
( D7 ~8 q3 F5 [8 R- E% fThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.$ w# k3 d. B$ h1 w" Y1 ]: K/ l
: V1 `! Y) O" H! E9 }1 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.
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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ N" E: L0 P2 d0 v8 _/ F
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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. s7 I' B* L) I: U* u A
) \7 ^0 K4 ^. [ f2 WThe 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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