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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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, g7 O U: A. ?; M! y- ~; F! [Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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& x- W4 r i( I2 O% h& T' j9 ]By The Canadian Press$ l0 b$ H( i7 ]% M, m* R: G. \
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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." W9 k! D$ [5 z3 o
y6 T' R0 G: j$ U! g6 S5 EThe 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.. Z: t' e: |3 v! r' H7 W' E
+ R0 T% X" o( f+ e9 P, BEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& |* g% H: b/ X& {
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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.
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4 u0 N0 D0 S! U7 E% |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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