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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 `9 W6 H* A/ ]. Z- v
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM j" ^! d6 G! s. S9 R
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By The Canadian Press( n9 P( I1 _9 U. [' Q1 J* S8 b" [1 M
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. L+ X% h4 A1 B$ wFORT 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.4 E% u3 C7 n* v W
3 b; w: C: B) X: L3 ^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.- P& @3 i- ]3 _% G+ B) m
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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.+ w% J8 F4 D v" C, H/ J' a% l
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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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% z I3 M+ F/ }! P! x5 V( eThe 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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