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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM* r' j8 a3 U5 o- R0 Z
3 u$ X. x* ]/ O2 V6 ABy The Canadian Press, v: s8 p A" d) s+ e
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& v& @, z) A/ H9 E3 j, hFORT 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.- s3 m4 Y( s# x$ F/ \* B" H% ~5 [
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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.. Y) W4 ]" p& Z6 C, b
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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 _3 M. }6 Q+ }3 E
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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.' M2 p8 @; {4 C: w2 m
( E6 F2 H& i$ h9 }" a( LThe 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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