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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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7 L! ?3 U6 E9 S+ N5 I* d2 H: v" c- |By The Canadian Press9 F. z b. {+ ~% I
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# C3 c+ ^1 V1 Z1 L9 }( f- AFORT 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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1 a. h5 p2 w7 n- z: v3 bThe 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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- n3 ]; q" i4 ]1 m7 u% ?9 eMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.1 I6 e: ~# t! l! j& q
; W0 t9 X( b- TThe 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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