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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" F; H5 Q$ u& |( H! [
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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# W4 v$ h! K0 e' TBy The Canadian Press
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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." T3 a8 l( w: h1 l
3 \3 d( r3 a1 N2 E3 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.& w# {* j% Y2 \3 t
' B/ o( Z% q- q+ Y9 {0 X7 ^; u% kThe 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.. T( _$ _6 S! K l( R
4 S5 @1 O% J. X3 |! w# AEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.8 j' {. C8 @! G9 |1 y; k0 ~: R
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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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9 p; F0 b5 F, M* Q! QThe 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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