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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM# w' p( `) ?8 ~1 {. ^1 P
% c9 D, t% }- r5 ?) ?By The Canadian Press
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" W# _2 V2 V7 S+ BFORT 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.6 H" L6 T/ v9 s: r& g' ?
+ V; F- k9 A |0 QThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.# V3 p7 \% |4 E
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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.7 j; ?" j4 @6 ]$ \: ?0 o. R
/ \( D' R$ V+ l/ y7 k5 W1 m7 g) FEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( S* R$ y" T2 S9 w7 I2 }5 K
0 A3 o0 U$ H2 X% V. V) NMcCabe 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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% R* z1 p6 _ C. e+ `$ R+ hThe 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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