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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" E, W4 a. g9 Z& t( @
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press; g6 f! l+ `0 H- ]5 v1 ^
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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.$ Y+ {% Y* I9 t( {9 r8 N
) a, D$ O8 ]6 r; ~- k9 oThe 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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% H2 }0 q$ b0 uMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.4 e. F7 h6 w F: q# M2 ]7 S
b3 t' \ Q4 K4 [" R2 M+ l9 KThe 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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