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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* b* N$ b1 B& r5 _( K
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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1 Y: N! B( C& p* Y; K0 jBy 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. m# f0 F- k' }5 q
4 v1 a! U/ w' v+ ^' _. b# wThe 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& T3 y: ?9 ?9 t- T
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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.0 `& v. Q# q. i: J* i: [
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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.
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' ?9 d8 W) r2 G; ~8 XMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.! R6 Y2 a& K1 j) ~/ Z3 x
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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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