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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM6 l5 D0 X+ I9 Y2 p" A$ Z# P$ m
5 h0 T8 C# ]3 q2 A' l& NBy The Canadian Press+ x4 C- d! l2 a, Z' o5 a' @& C
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6 ^1 [- ^; @( C$ {' v4 CFORT 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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$ ?! A/ b, q2 S: {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.
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; }# E) B6 k# a% b8 }7 VThe 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.2 Z9 C0 ^; B" q+ f
1 Y# _* o+ h. C0 |" x- gEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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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.7 G6 u; [0 N; i8 E) ]3 M# V9 g- p
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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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