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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' x& W# O/ F9 H
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM' L1 m0 m* [9 Q( k; V! o1 l/ E
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By The Canadian Press7 X2 a2 c- m: d# _8 L
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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.8 N% r; k1 e+ p, e* e
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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.; L' c( t+ g4 x7 p2 C3 ?& ^& M
5 v M6 {, p! h; [, Q4 t4 TEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.8 b, k1 B' T3 z% k" p
) I: R1 I% y$ V- n8 B3 jMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.4 f y) i( m3 y# s2 _
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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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