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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 a1 k% O- v" Z: L0 d
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k/ Y8 X( i5 P9 b7 s# ZWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM$ r) o$ L+ Z- ?, C* o" l" _
# ]7 p0 @( V. e. L s1 ]By The Canadian Press1 L9 Y( ~$ l% Z X1 z! W
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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.! | @# w- H' a. ?- e& L( ]1 x
8 a3 c/ B9 v& V) W- ~* JThe 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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6 `6 s" d" K% z' Y) C7 s( n7 ~6 L. xMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.3 h' G, Z3 m# M7 n5 S
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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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