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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! A( a$ t: ?( O( H) t
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM" d/ s" I! B5 {! O3 q r2 Y
! x) z; c* |0 |, r& MBy 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.& D) q9 G5 S9 Y" I, j0 r; s! Y
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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.. Y% ?: s) c4 ?% c* \# K
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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.
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6 \; O3 I. w# c* [9 uEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 f/ [- B2 B% _! N8 f& ^
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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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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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