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3 O' f( e7 G8 A9 ESuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, R: _3 W1 S! \/ h0 o$ i/ sBy The Canadian Press) v, [) y; l8 R+ N s
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+ \ @* w6 R3 [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.9 q1 ~% G; c* x8 q4 e6 L: B* W+ {
5 h, ]* t5 ~0 @" N8 M, xThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
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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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, H3 q( x& O) lEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 y6 g% A+ B+ y
: a: i) H1 T: fMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river." k& g2 l/ P% y; V: ^
! O- S2 v9 W g& ?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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