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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( T: X* l) t0 z! T. f
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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% _( S' V) _: R6 SFORT 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.3 r7 I" s/ t3 H t# j; l. ]
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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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* [6 X" j% l2 [5 pEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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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., w5 s a0 }! ^' P9 z0 h
' B4 P& ^6 q0 F' @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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