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8 D! R/ g% A( i0 I( c5 wSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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3 `+ | h9 d( F: {& zWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM/ r; }/ E8 R" ?8 B! c3 H r
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By The Canadian Press c& g) ?+ a& f& e" F7 X
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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.3 D( o0 F7 F$ ] D7 p
" M& i' V* ]2 H, oThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.' ^* o8 Y; C4 M/ K( c( R
6 k$ F" i" A3 ~2 R v9 s* aThe 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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! a/ x1 a7 ~9 Q( E' _3 P* R" @0 xEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.% e0 ~ M6 P7 k; [
4 z- |! O3 \& V% w" k" v' m, O! I. ~- 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.
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2 r [- J. f( W* R. HThe 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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