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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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/ b2 C+ w% B& u4 ]- uWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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3 Y8 m) w/ a; BBy The Canadian Press" ^1 j( V1 t, l8 w
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0 |4 ~- E( t6 `# S6 g! w; K* YFORT 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.7 E( H4 M$ s2 y- ?
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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.
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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.
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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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l, D/ `8 r5 e. F( \+ B$ NMcCabe 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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& v D$ z O/ H7 @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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