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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% y, a/ p5 j, k' C) E- l+ U
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; T/ K& ^- w7 x& L: f z+ `Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press o! O8 ~2 A( N; ~3 t( _- a$ E. U* i/ p
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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.
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0 k* v, N3 m2 j' Q, _- AThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.1 h! b$ N0 A& i4 v% t% W5 F
* X" ]# b# ]6 w0 g! {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.1 k' X* [7 R5 y' m
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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.: g. t7 O7 u x
# e. K* J1 x) c8 c1 N: \The 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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