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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
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By The Canadian Press
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; j$ R" A5 H( S$ b5 I( _9 k* dFORT 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.+ p( T/ U7 K4 q+ U. _8 ?
0 X% K6 a9 e$ g6 T- ]# F- WThe 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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$ W1 N& l' X4 ^4 _) BThe 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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z, ?7 I0 F( b" i1 ZEnvironment 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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! c& }! e; [9 \: P9 ]4 {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.- |) }1 C1 G5 k n! N
! J9 j' q; P8 \ q; h! w: P2 {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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