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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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+ v W, w3 }6 c5 |1 MBy The Canadian Press) ]9 b* o Y# Q! T* [' v
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/ |- `; p# w+ C) gFORT 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., a: Z0 \. ^+ u7 W
+ F9 s7 Y& N; r# ]" iThe 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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: a: ]; s. G, c% K5 `* cThe 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.0 O/ w( v$ W& \: o: N9 I
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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.! L) l7 K, ~: n/ X6 b, @
% B |) Z! |: m( |! {+ F2 n2 RMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.
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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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