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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 ~8 c1 L+ _* m% o& O- D5 I
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press- ~- T, `+ J: i
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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.
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; a" o) o9 M+ w2 vThe 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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; ]& U8 _$ E3 q/ ~6 e6 K5 DThe 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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8 p$ A* K* a% q& ~( c, EEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.0 c- v& b# I% S
! O0 K+ s9 o- }/ f& 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.3 h' M6 n& ?; q$ a9 O' d+ s) J
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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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