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1 n* B4 B: u# h" H8 ?Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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2 p( ^2 ]) p) RBy The Canadian Press
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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.% L: z. x5 F: t6 D$ L/ Q
" Z$ b( d4 I( k' X- EThe 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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' o8 P# H+ \0 g4 s% D# R5 hThe 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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/ D% i( ]! S- l C" FEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ K0 E2 v/ o9 R! J0 k# I
1 i! a: k$ Z. Z1 b! GMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.4 {3 s6 e& H7 h- z- c: L
+ D2 S: ~+ C P( I8 o# M3 eThe 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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