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6 z+ R i" F u; |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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! M: h9 h& F. TWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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4 E% ^: {- m+ N( g2 I7 O: UBy The Canadian Press8 s" ~! u8 w3 W! 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.: I7 S" t5 l( |2 J8 X
; C) ]8 }7 x. kThe 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." p; [" c4 b; J6 j% E8 H7 p, Z
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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.' L# e9 F. K3 V) |1 P' K
0 X% j1 X- z. ^! c# r4 F8 l2 QMcCabe 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 n- d/ }/ h( ^, ^
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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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