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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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: [1 s7 K4 ]+ u! ?& |/ B; KWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM( v9 j$ o$ n. h4 R# i9 o1 J' f/ R0 } h
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By 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.& N: a# Y3 x+ ^7 _
+ @9 o" O4 `7 r& ^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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+ a& w! e' l/ ?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.
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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.: z4 Q; B. k9 o3 B5 H
]9 S7 l4 Q4 j& @. [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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