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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 [/ F s. B" K: h5 h9 C; d
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. E0 j: [% Y3 ^ P- _Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. n% G3 e0 S5 ~0 Z1 e0 N5 c
+ L% M* p6 k" N4 d: tBy The Canadian Press
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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.
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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.$ M" s6 z& ?( J/ o" G
" Q1 J9 b* u2 c A- b; |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.$ G0 \% M6 I4 D- g/ F( s, R
. n8 r( o, D5 {* t" i7 H. JThe 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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