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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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0 o( W3 X* h1 _. m- U* `5 LWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM ~0 q7 f! m: F/ @9 I
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By The Canadian Press
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1 C; E' Q" I9 m/ [/ W( zFORT 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.5 J" Q$ S: {) n! ]9 y! S
& z, M; `; v% ^3 F" P( zThe 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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- f1 q! Q9 ?! V( R: Q8 m; O; jEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. u" C" n7 h3 d% V' g
$ B& {8 V; j; }, B. d9 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.$ T6 u- O( [( _5 x$ q# A) q
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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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