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4 E6 I1 e1 L2 k/ rSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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" g5 g t. i# R+ @1 WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM! m$ N' V# d5 T! c: _, O% w3 u/ [
# A N6 V4 o8 A; o1 G, i+ F% @By The Canadian Press0 ]/ l& n6 F4 a+ o5 ]( ]
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/ a1 ^% m# p8 T `5 Z2 gFORT 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.% _: }: @; ?- F4 q% p% T6 r
& U# N' Z# z, O" I, ~/ `, iThe 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.: Y" }7 J' @( C" c7 \( U, s
0 q1 V. E7 j8 N* ` F, ?Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.0 y( F& h* R/ V2 }4 a
* I" d8 \$ T- C2 S5 R7 e7 _# tMcCabe 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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0 w" F4 y# z2 b7 vThe 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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