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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* G: S6 o. R5 }* f5 ~" u
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: M4 l5 _, w6 `, f DWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 J, q" `- M. v* H0 x8 x3 l2 y& F
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By The Canadian Press
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: W3 G: W0 K5 o$ HFORT 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.9 ^1 {, h- \6 I' F5 U
5 r7 `, ?+ Y* b6 z% E( }4 @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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: m9 ]% O: Y2 l2 C# U5 u' c% 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.6 K- p+ d3 k( ]% L
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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.& P3 t( P, o; X6 L3 O* O5 B
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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.
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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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