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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 Y9 [1 q3 |5 X' C+ t/ B1 R+ B
, q$ v, x" I/ o* a) ]! ?& KBy The Canadian Press3 i; ~4 Y+ L2 f t0 n
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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.6 R6 i' u1 f7 C! p% ^5 o
! @8 }% D% c. ^) B# C3 ^5 xThe 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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+ T2 V" D @+ K% x/ e- @Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 B# A. X v) `- U
/ _3 ~' `- s9 B% \7 ]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., y, M& _9 M+ {* L- a
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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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