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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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4 Q) _! l+ ^9 g# r) nWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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/ Y1 l% }! s- _( Q+ c/ ]By The Canadian Press+ A s6 L9 ?/ d: e9 T
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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.
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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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2 u0 i$ k0 e' eEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. O6 s1 q6 M" h% Z
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McCabe 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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8 P5 ~- G& D: T8 j( s1 D; PThe 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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