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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM6 O" f1 e9 Q- p- d" P' o! u' u* R
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By The Canadian Press7 n5 F6 H( J+ m& h- D- B$ h. P- a2 W
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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., r" T5 Q! J5 v2 q
( f9 U1 N1 S8 l# W. nThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.. {$ K- l8 X+ b' T4 |
4 G0 V# {' R0 |2 L; c6 R9 VThe 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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) ^) d t: l9 y& J" l9 BEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 w. k- t: Y. b! g9 L/ W+ C2 Z n
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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.* R# w9 c3 S q$ z3 K7 } ^
" C: ^# R3 e: W- d1 [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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