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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: h+ [( Z1 V; c3 M. ]/ k; [
. l: O* w4 `" g* lBy The Canadian Press: i) F9 \1 W8 X$ t! v% U
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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.8 f9 k! b$ G8 g3 g0 f
( h+ E# ]$ t7 E- Z; m! 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.- ]8 s0 e& G8 t6 I/ g8 T7 K7 c
7 H9 O4 x" i' D! {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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" }; F, F1 y3 wMcCabe 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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