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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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. M" f) o0 B9 r. ~+ O9 AWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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6 Q0 T* @" V, nBy The Canadian Press; |- ^ }" p$ g' f t
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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.
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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., ?9 U) r4 C* G4 e4 B$ Y9 n6 X# z
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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.. o u, }6 e4 C" i7 T6 q9 V5 Y
6 m' c3 g3 A) b2 VEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.) _( O/ K, F$ w1 F6 S0 \
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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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. }. o# e" |# u, ^3 |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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