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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river2 G* q" Z: a' y9 L2 \1 m2 I
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5 }% V% C4 [3 u' R5 f8 kWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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" y6 o* h+ I1 Z0 s( }By The Canadian Press
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" O% O4 ~7 V( t. [( eFORT 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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1 A+ T- N- `1 _' DThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
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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.6 S+ Z0 @4 y% Y7 {
* @$ r0 [4 g( `' X& w" O. U yEnvironment 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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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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