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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ H( q+ g u& j9 n
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press+ t4 b% ?5 |% E& u
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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.9 b) q$ e6 ^* s
& y/ p4 }* J, r/ f; ~' v, o) fThe 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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The 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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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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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.3 u9 W Z# o7 v0 f7 x- F! e- t+ U
4 T0 [' Z* C8 l' g7 y# s% Q$ yThe 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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