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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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B' P! V1 d2 P! j1 y' LWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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5 L, j B- |8 b' G% `! @6 P. KBy The Canadian Press1 I1 `: \1 V2 C/ l! ~
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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.7 }: G0 z% H J1 B
) n$ \3 K: H8 OThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants., `: J9 ]5 H/ k# X$ E
, m1 M* d& v2 U z2 wThe 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.! f: o; J1 o0 w7 k
! g: f0 w, m9 G2 K# X: O4 GMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.' [7 N% ~' e; D H5 c
2 e L# X( ~; N/ v1 G& ~" 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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