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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" J( \# \7 Y0 }1 _: j7 V
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press% e9 k3 _- X+ }: U) ~# e+ l
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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.. t+ E& ]3 o1 {( g( i6 d1 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.* `7 V, R+ m5 A& A- q' W
j+ K7 I% a9 R$ |. S# S" OThe 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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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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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.3 b& D5 O9 L/ k) G, L7 s
/ m8 x( B; \% G, T4 t" oThe 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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