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1 u! L; k8 E2 f4 N# m4 eSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press* R* i9 ^+ Y! e0 f3 ]2 x8 ^
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% n) x' i0 K. Y, }" C9 |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.+ w0 m4 ^/ a4 @- v3 Q
- |. e% Q4 H% P# g/ w) w/ T( i& yThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants. o0 H, S, ^" t0 t6 a$ M: k6 ^2 `: f
1 W8 I5 _. {1 O1 U* X. V( A, n- p& s: qThe 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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7 c! h- S' _! v1 A' `+ X: a. {Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 ]" I. r v: N$ L! B* G9 f" ^7 v
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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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