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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 F3 x" {0 `0 y K+ W& Z/ R$ J
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM/ } J5 G. D1 f6 ~) s8 a
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By The Canadian Press
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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.! ^, _( D- Q2 f, |! C4 r
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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.7 h( P7 B! _. k% W4 i4 S5 j F' P
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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.& v# y2 T( V8 s, s( U' S
" `( V; m: r9 G; \+ {6 G1 T. r/ d2 gMcCabe 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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3 b, h* J) m5 FThe 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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