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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 B% q% ^8 g# }0 O0 \( }* CWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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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." h/ A0 Q4 T! D# a$ d u# ]5 E
" c+ Q2 f* X( dThe 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.1 `" ]3 w' t: F3 X- h }$ ?0 Q4 p
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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.4 ~1 E5 P) X8 i9 D, B) f
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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.6 Z: [) k1 d' J$ S% D
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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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