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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* F1 l; l, I" v% S% I: Q
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9 q( x& G4 ]" V# wWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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u; u% a/ {& u1 i# ?/ nFORT 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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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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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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' l( h3 G8 C& C- |. _2 MEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River. o# U- V3 Y) ?! w5 ]
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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.& Y1 l, v$ e) ^, h# \
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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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