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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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% G d. {- v1 ~4 a% B! vBy The Canadian Press
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# s0 e6 n! ]( W8 UFORT 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.4 T' Q9 p" _/ p7 X6 \' y
: V9 V5 d) W: W& |4 v0 O1 q7 Y1 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." D; \! v7 C( D( R4 {2 i
" d5 R4 m( N! W2 xThe 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.* j' p! A. s, B ]# J8 t2 C# X _
: @( D6 C* \. }1 L1 {7 j: Z! eEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 e/ I2 `& C; x: R
1 j9 e! \+ e9 B$ j% ~+ v: xMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.7 J% I8 s/ j, D
5 k5 u2 y) Y rThe 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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