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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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( T; S, ]# K. ^" {3 t Y0 y* UWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM f( ^0 _7 K2 q) X# c; [$ R# N
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3 i% J) h) k; Q. [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.) z. b: D" L& C* N7 q# U
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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.
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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.0 X4 N' P/ r) S* @2 k3 [0 G
5 R. [$ g7 W! `) k3 L3 [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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