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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 Z" A( J: y- Y- E- u
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press, c# k5 W6 V" s4 l" `
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2 _, F P; y, y, g$ 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., @. G0 B: V( l' e/ c4 L; w) c+ ^/ `
6 j) M& _- n! U9 n7 H# hThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.; w4 U% U4 ~7 z7 `) m
* X! F, j. l6 Q1 s3 u$ fThe 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.# K, T8 f0 @% K% X( }
+ W5 W# @/ _1 B: U* z$ p: EEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.# h9 [/ h8 Q4 ^
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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.
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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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