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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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4 e: d9 m( u, J- |! Z: p! EWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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/ r& {8 A5 P& {' I0 ~7 p, 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.: C# e5 }2 m9 }0 s# N6 P5 I
; S. Y6 u l5 G) i; mThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.: |- h. M# `( h0 U
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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 [7 x; P) }) ]: o
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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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0 i5 Y: J+ }, L0 W# Z) Q+ eMcCabe 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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- c- W; e& n/ `. V. o; J/ b# z- OThe 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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