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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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* I; G( G. A0 r5 iWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 }$ N+ t" x) ]( aBy The Canadian Press8 P, h# L2 L6 U% R
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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.4 l$ ~: x, y) u' P5 e) G
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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.
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) `8 Z+ ?9 r" ?, w5 h: HEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ J& |# X7 T9 P) t1 t$ r; R1 e, r$ W
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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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- h, X, {, Y" w5 C; h/ m7 qThe 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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