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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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" T5 A) \1 J, {% R; P- sWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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! x6 U! ]& E$ h% c3 Y, ~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.# v/ e) ~7 q' x
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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.
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7 |6 j# j4 p9 K# j; a, I4 OThe 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.$ D. C. s* B- ?
H# A4 x7 {1 T( b0 n6 p, R* kEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& G' g) o8 l% R+ ]0 w% U8 {
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McCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.( u( g) n0 S9 c* M3 ^0 J( z, N: }
: o& X: p$ e7 BThe 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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