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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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0 _" c" K4 n3 ]6 j9 e2 \ XWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM* x3 P* F) ]) v: r" j1 w8 F# z. V
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By The Canadian Press3 v$ v R: S) m1 x C3 P& @
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3 O4 U& l5 V1 }4 K9 Y- H7 R* mFORT 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.7 h+ J+ Q8 j$ H5 B) Q
' V) H& h2 y7 NThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 }* e# V' j1 B
$ l8 r4 s4 C! rThe 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.0 k# H# e" u2 M5 w \6 X
: K1 c* E- R0 e5 l/ t# c( xEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 C! v$ G5 ~2 v- p
. C$ l& x: N5 U. v& pMcCabe 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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; D4 D, h8 _& t+ \4 z9 LThe 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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