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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 y8 l/ w* [' m. D
) g4 r# R0 ]) ZBy The Canadian Press6 w, ]+ q' K) O8 Y* e0 E# _; ]* A
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" {" m F% g% MFORT 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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- E6 z5 n3 `$ d9 ?! ^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.* v5 v% |/ B2 J6 f6 t. `
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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.- c0 D7 _: [8 e; j3 k7 C: `5 _) m
8 F, c/ ]& h9 y* n$ q, [Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River." [' _, l2 W8 E: |4 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.+ |1 @8 T# f& y$ t g) ~8 L) {; x
' _3 I; u+ X) q% R1 \The 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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