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# ?. A0 V4 U4 e& s5 ?% D6 |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, H! m. z, J, a
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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.2 l( M' S6 r+ H P. K
: H" V% L1 H5 t" r2 y- L/ kThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.) ^3 J' l7 w, o9 {" _4 c
7 j0 z& T5 W* {$ m& zThe 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.& d/ L& {# }$ m* U/ j
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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., f* [9 _% v @9 U
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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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