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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ q( m$ n$ v) f
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1 C* H2 `$ F: j) @ Y6 UWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 a+ H# l" a6 H
& \, f- K, ^3 W. j \$ X: FBy The Canadian Press: g. ~' ], x+ o- Q
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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.2 E" J9 v: \4 _; b
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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.! y" z, L! W }& s9 ?
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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.4 |0 }! C) {4 I; C0 d2 ~
! g; q8 d1 b7 _2 _- Y, a4 H- lMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.; }+ E& J' o; i4 S" b- u7 e% K( H- L* I
, c# G7 O0 ]) t, }2 x2 }- I' f$ O0 TThe 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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