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% g, P/ m' c+ u6 M4 JSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river- v; f- m% a+ p4 ]* [0 P- w: l
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press! U( y7 N8 o5 p' p& s
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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 J% E; |( p- a& ?" H
7 K Y3 u- M$ p2 e! a4 Y' O" _! Y% iThe 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.% K% K9 |1 |& b6 T1 l
0 \' r6 Y! ~3 x0 [1 A) i& H6 pMcCabe 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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+ ]' y) Z. J6 HThe 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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