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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( Y9 S! q" J+ |8 b; Q
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+ o" ]/ l% S% x* U; r) A! PWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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! _# u0 r( ^; S" b- v7 n5 S, GBy The Canadian Press
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/ t& w# Z( x" u* jFORT 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.& d3 N- I$ T5 y! [
% m" k1 G7 e2 rThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants./ V0 S$ ]3 A6 a* t
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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.3 P$ K' `1 ?/ ^" w5 G( I- o' F
5 Q6 v7 M# a/ e3 w. r! n( F ZEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( B9 W6 f S* W; f( F3 x1 E. ~
# s" F; f# z% ?+ jMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.$ `) }9 F3 T6 I8 k: K; G C7 e
% M6 z! C* ~ j% d, Q: xThe 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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