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1 @2 K! j' @" }9 `: JSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ T6 X* U: d2 k
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5 P& c5 Y9 h+ `, FWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM- Q% S+ [1 I6 P4 D, h
: d C2 p5 ~* G8 X0 b, L6 yBy The Canadian Press% T% K0 M; K- [, A( R; ^
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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." `; ^' p6 Z2 G& b1 R
; Z1 O d5 a P2 u3 T* w kThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.0 w6 e; s6 Q C
9 @. K0 t& Q8 h' M3 e- p' R0 h$ a: eThe 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.' d( E% j) B% D- P) x9 {
4 v* I9 e h! NEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., e/ k9 S) E) l2 s" R
; H u% k$ e9 c/ KMcCabe 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 |) l" g( F
, ?6 I7 i) ]* G) C4 d N& I( uThe 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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