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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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7 A$ a5 {1 {5 r' BWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM/ D& t% n5 N/ Z
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By The Canadian Press) J7 t* n, X! t/ F1 D
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* T6 q% O9 j& R+ D: j2 aFORT 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.
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2 Z8 X4 o" r; U, e9 P) i9 sThe 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.& ]3 N$ {/ a/ |5 V2 k
! @8 o4 O# P8 ]% D4 Q! l) W0 sEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& w. V @! P$ O+ ~% L( U r" t
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McCabe 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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8 @' j5 h5 t3 x! ?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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