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( n: Q9 ^, I% N! q: v, _Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM# }; P! F; `1 A* H' x
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By The Canadian Press- ^! T2 F; N3 X. {' b
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5 t0 x q7 Z# k' x: U6 YFORT 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.! G+ T" \! F; o) f( O, E; K& C
& e4 Q( V+ K/ ?# ^The contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
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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.5 {- {( O# ]+ R8 ~
; u8 E `2 ^5 i4 L! A4 p* [Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.7 U2 i* ~8 ^5 m, L* F$ s5 F
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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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