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T, w) F4 Q5 Q! e: H& E: E) @Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 x! Q2 u/ m* J3 dWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: F0 J& |- N4 w: x* Y% H2 v
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By The Canadian Press5 V4 s: n0 C& ~: ^2 }, Y% o ~8 R
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, _6 ^) \! C' ?- T6 r( a5 x& NFORT 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.# H" z1 r M" `3 q+ d# U3 D
0 g- Y7 }) O# c! Y" X0 u$ 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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8 E$ j" {4 g* |- n# [; {/ r! 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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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.: w5 N$ T4 Z9 q e) h
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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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