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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; q5 t3 U1 v. ~6 n6 X
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM' I& Y1 n% L, S( {0 j4 f
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By The Canadian Press. y# X+ x( g( I$ a. |4 p, A
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. K0 [/ `: j6 P6 W/ g6 `% FFORT 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.4 ~; v- ?# n2 _' K) T [
% k/ t' Z4 x" O4 D/ 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.& f7 z. ^2 P2 v- g% \+ i/ n* O
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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.0 i* c* l- j/ V/ |9 H+ E& v
9 s+ ^2 ~5 p. p [/ r8 z) cEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.% _3 e0 s$ p4 D" G' c) @
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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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# [5 p- V4 I& ^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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