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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ f( i6 ?( Q& K1 u/ q3 d2 S
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- q/ P3 t& J6 z; t4 WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. y% ?' O) w. G9 [4 z, S
2 Y1 ?( l4 y/ A3 S6 ]$ \By The Canadian Press. _9 Z0 x' m* M/ r, D
ADVERTISEMENT7 E8 r% F4 p2 R, }7 J3 i
* L/ h% n+ }" M9 R+ yFORT 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.1 Y" r& O( b4 i2 Y! y8 f
+ r* b# O( a; a GThe 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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. o. O/ y0 Q* W: r) FThe 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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$ m! q! ~) y3 P2 |6 j( i. \6 w0 QEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.# n9 a- B9 ?: I
9 R* B1 o3 T6 k/ X5 e! t' UMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.+ V* K: N9 `+ L/ d" p
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The 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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