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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 Z( S( [* [5 V+ g
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0 {5 j8 l# g7 _; gWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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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./ Q4 \* I8 Y: q& v* v4 S% q
1 x: y) o1 e% i- }1 MThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.& N; s/ x7 p% T* w0 e1 |
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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.! h9 v* K1 I: \) n3 T. e
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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.% l: z1 m% I3 y- L4 e! ^
- a+ I6 \- v2 Y4 r9 Z9 UMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.; J- W# L6 n+ x
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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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