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* v# @% k" S# u# O- D+ WSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 z, M* ^+ w, G8 m( _$ c/ I2 c
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4 i8 n4 ?) x4 ^' D) X0 IWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, _2 R$ h: \- B/ a9 v
- O( B2 C! f8 K, k8 Q) o4 P7 yBy The Canadian Press' u$ [% ~* ^! T: r- }" _% m
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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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% }+ N6 x3 E2 k, LThe 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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4 d+ j1 g% v0 ^; g4 q U7 ?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., ]; M, `: b6 k6 G0 ?9 C
/ U& a. b9 `, I2 S! QEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 m9 x+ |; a. a! t3 W
% O! j3 N$ P3 G3 q5 yMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.+ Z& G J0 S6 o' f4 L. j
1 Z2 A& f( B2 cThe 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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