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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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2 Z( [* F @) g$ P$ \# yWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& k& Q3 g0 f6 s9 i; M2 l* u; A
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By The Canadian Press- l7 L* N' r- z, p% w3 C
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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.
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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.: Y4 H% Q1 G6 d. E) p& x
3 e, s6 R q& L$ O. H5 kEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.' E, c+ f/ h7 i4 g @. H1 N, r
% h" A7 h5 n9 nMcCabe 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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! G; k9 z, B. K; uThe 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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