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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- J" K) I& u& \- I! ?3 N
, U2 Q. M- d2 y. QBy The Canadian Press
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% l. T. y6 f3 }) H6 b3 E8 u! DFORT 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. j. A5 b: h6 V6 d7 E1 \8 p& {( N% |
5 J) J; ?7 G4 I) `" H2 R2 D" JThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants." X K- b& r, Y, L9 d: i* d
" Z5 B4 g0 X- j# nThe 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 N7 B( j8 J. }- G7 o) v6 C( p
( p; n1 K! {3 \! `- bEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.3 S9 t# t; L0 g5 ?
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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.
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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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