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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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( c" m6 W6 U( \. R5 TWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, X5 g1 K# m9 V( V8 }( UBy 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.
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The 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) n8 o- T, f. u w7 I0 |0 U0 y
$ s* z+ B2 M) p- C0 i- {3 {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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. t/ |/ c+ ]* C, [9 p+ o) j* j" L7 jEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 I1 {2 R: M4 F3 U" p1 I3 Y: d8 O6 [
' O: {4 d9 T w0 C5 q2 y6 v! qMcCabe 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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5 b/ f* w% _4 f, C; M8 w" \6 MThe 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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