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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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7 ]/ D9 C# F \0 K6 x" S* fWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, q" }; L2 ?9 v. LBy The Canadian Press
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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./ \7 K3 q. A+ m, x/ q2 t
2 @, x2 ?9 h5 X5 i7 [. BThe 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.4 R/ |7 x ?2 I
7 D' M! _7 T( L8 l2 y' ^Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ A3 K2 C& v5 C# a( G) g
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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.$ ~+ C. b% G3 G
3 M9 ?" z3 ?3 J5 p- ZThe 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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