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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 z& B! ~2 h2 c. i! R5 y
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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3 n$ c4 X8 F% t7 B" G2 e SBy The Canadian Press$ R4 m( W# ^1 M! U; _
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" q/ ~4 {. i0 U4 a f4 T6 p* s vFORT 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.
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' V" V& r. ?4 n1 I2 W B* zThe 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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8 Z$ Z; z3 b1 w4 `; Y 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.6 b: [1 w+ ]& Y- G, x; o' i8 o7 F
. Z! R% _- F$ @$ X# C7 t8 XEnvironment 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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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.5 @0 A _2 _4 K
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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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