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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river T+ d9 p$ W* F- r
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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3 W- m( j: |! ~" @. y7 RBy The Canadian Press. V! k& G( `- f. g) n% U9 D' O( ^
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3 B8 D4 }" S" i* @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.# Y7 x3 D8 L: ?) H. a8 c2 V4 ^
* R# Y5 @ c" m m" l& \8 s% D# |( 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.# N* ~! v+ b4 P+ Y3 t! I
: r- {# ~& f8 j9 @/ T1 T" WThe 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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+ o3 S; n o2 H3 W, ^( _Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.$ S+ c p- f9 Z
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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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! ~# p. [+ k* i9 Z4 E. JThe 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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