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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM; g9 D% j, ~5 u/ m. r# b
" f, z* ]2 n2 x3 zBy The Canadian Press4 R; ~7 D3 F, S, U2 P; n
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! ?# Q! i* o* [7 Y# L# L: pFORT 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.9 l( G$ T8 F0 y' C! v
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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 P; o' Z. l$ M( Q1 qEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.* c: k: B3 Z9 \# X P, I
- l' Q5 Z/ c) C6 \' q* kMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.5 {% M/ Z( x8 d& B; s: L
% Y- E! U/ P6 g* u4 _) H, q" IThe 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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