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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* G$ D( s" a' `# H5 l
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( C/ p3 g. r9 ]1 D( M! J0 HBy The Canadian Press
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$ t0 l% X: T* G9 XFORT 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.- v U, T, l; O) q0 F J# k. [
4 i4 {& H* T3 M1 @9 ^6 ]7 _4 Q" I2 x6 vThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.: E% s' c" m+ @1 u. ~
0 W. b1 z/ N5 a n9 e& pThe 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.6 m9 _3 a3 {0 f8 P/ @
/ d6 j4 G# e8 j1 j5 K' VEnvironment 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! C, }0 K. X( h: C5 aMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.- B* W9 y$ E* B0 j
7 ]" I" F( G+ r1 h) E, NThe 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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