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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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9 F6 Y; Q3 J# c5 x" g! `# }Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM$ S2 \, w9 v1 Q( T8 b$ R6 N ?
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By The Canadian Press+ A3 }* P* r6 E; x' {8 |" c
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( u+ m, [# D% F2 o1 b3 P- A' R' yFORT 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.6 c/ P4 [" u* l/ C1 ]! g% J
$ m) Y6 S9 E2 H/ _6 Q; T& xThe 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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- g( f/ V; H x* fThe 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.
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( A2 X$ N; U! @( d0 aEnvironment 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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% T. a {/ x7 J/ YMcCabe 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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( Y5 {& a$ K8 H$ y( f' o0 eThe 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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