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+ q# z6 e, ~$ k! F3 S) }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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2 G- A7 E% O Q6 [* d& Y* g# HWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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) f+ _' S! N0 b. x7 b5 U- LFORT 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.2 U7 K* Z% O' i/ C
' p. p! M6 l2 C1 w; G/ @& H& yThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.9 |( G& V' Q- P9 `: y9 S( h
; L5 E8 h) R: F. g% cThe 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.+ C9 }$ V+ v( u2 x: n
& x9 t& F5 h8 q+ y. Q6 ZMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.% ]( n" b' |7 I- H; G r% `. N
; k3 s8 q* @# y( Z% z$ lThe 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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