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* W5 m+ E4 y% h8 _: V' `) }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" r1 I) N8 C$ A8 o
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% A7 S6 `* X" X1 U7 }* F: H2 e& G0 GWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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$ q" c8 i4 W- e4 p) y- yBy The Canadian Press! P/ M2 m1 I# L& Z) C. X [0 r2 C' O
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% b4 V3 \. k6 N( {7 k. gFORT 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.! Q+ ^, x& ]' s" w: Q! j+ Q
$ K$ ^1 p7 x& UThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.' [0 d6 u, R7 s/ m6 `9 p
% ^8 M4 A U! ^; \1 I }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.6 l- p4 C: B) \% o; i
& g' q9 ?! M d( P: u# oEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.; M$ b: }1 {3 g9 f; _
0 G$ |9 ]9 V3 E5 cMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.! p% }, q1 c% P4 q2 e7 J
3 h% D- m+ R, f0 N+ kThe 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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