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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 ~/ ?( U# ?% u2 \' c
8 T1 z7 o" L' E5 M, Y) nBy The Canadian Press: G3 q0 A) j# w ]% ^" N9 m+ [
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j* W6 A. e7 j0 Y/ a& yFORT 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.
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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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* g+ l$ ^/ B/ v+ ]( f1 J8 gEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.8 ~) Y9 w3 q* H" D
1 N+ o2 V" X; M1 |2 S# b* BMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.( ^, u2 k/ C* r9 @# B
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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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