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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 Y/ z" O9 M. `' X
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7 ?3 }. a, t: EWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM$ m A; z6 P% Y, S- g, l
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By The Canadian Press3 ?) @* G* m. r2 ?4 L' x* V
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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.3 v& K) h4 m. e+ L% D, c5 P3 ^% e( M
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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.) f3 |4 Q: B9 j" f/ x
6 q9 P; T6 u+ w; }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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7 g+ n) @( F4 E0 @0 f0 { G+ _Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 R5 P( i, N% H6 a
& F |$ ?2 u2 N6 G+ lMcCabe 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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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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