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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 ~( x1 J4 T7 K1 v3 i) a
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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* r! K" E$ `! m# {, TFORT 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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7 ? x5 T/ W8 f* x2 FThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants." e9 n1 {, \6 E: e, H% A
$ U* d: D+ J5 S# n6 `2 AThe 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., b7 c0 L. P: U
' E6 E2 i; |6 T# c4 f3 v$ kEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.- N( C" N& b4 f% b( M4 b9 E: W
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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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