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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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" L5 X( `* l/ w V4 N. WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press q, b/ B8 d6 V
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: B3 a/ p. I. [/ _4 z3 DFORT 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.$ X! Q/ ~# ^8 m/ K3 ~& I$ A X
% W @! [( ]- G9 X8 t% O. R/ m, XThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.- l+ G5 Y- a. ^) p6 x3 u
' v% A8 v8 E: r# i( ]& N! m% uThe 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., X6 D+ H! A, b3 M5 r. `
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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. n- M& }/ v/ S5 L/ |
) t2 y9 _9 k( g8 y4 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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