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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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; K2 ^* X; B2 K! eWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM% T; W6 N$ E4 ` l% v; E B5 P V
- J: S- n: {/ {- z' a- s: VBy The Canadian Press
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: D$ v" a* q, j$ n2 wFORT 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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* _6 v8 O) D8 L1 L- H% hThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.+ A X/ s/ j2 ?. z5 {
: u% ]3 W, f; W/ P$ A1 D% gThe 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.
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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.
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& h% q) N& b: }/ ]6 C( a" VThe 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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