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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ Q. j" M" Y2 u1 X$ w& q
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM' h9 Y: D- r2 z! ~! M
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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.
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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.$ J: m% a0 k$ _/ s
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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.9 f) @ X6 l6 r+ F2 W( n! \
$ Q ?9 k! y' `) ]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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) U: Z# `/ V5 W" r- ]# @( OMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.. B. B8 R- O. w; U& _4 n8 y6 I1 U
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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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