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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! {) c2 @% e* m9 [: r5 U1 f
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/ r9 z* e2 `/ ?- K1 I: e sWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, T- B) O( m8 _( J* T1 d2 Q! |
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By The Canadian Press
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5 R) J+ O9 f7 F9 Y$ WFORT 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.) `, T1 `6 Z( g* E$ t
! t+ @! j) n' A# M! P mThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.- ?2 A( ?: o4 J1 j1 I( j# u' V4 V
8 s0 A; S, I$ l r7 f0 @$ tThe 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.8 |7 h1 }! P6 X0 ?; U; _- t
$ N( u# D( o6 ]) @* |5 \+ ~Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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/ z- W4 K- l- {" ~, @, \2 bMcCabe 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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