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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ G# J& [( I1 T
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press9 o. \; c% b3 R/ @( Z5 L
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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./ x" h2 y9 @$ ?( H3 ~
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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./ X: b6 f8 s* p6 d
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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.8 X* b" _3 @4 A0 {& C- Y, A1 E
* _/ Y5 [/ O( i9 \) N' yMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river." e- I+ d3 ^ D8 r# b& J
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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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