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$ B M$ F# U% Z9 aSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( a6 Y7 |, X5 ` F8 c6 _
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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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. Q) @; J8 }$ h6 E- I
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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./ \3 V! T0 d7 R6 w
! a1 E( k. Y; S' y( `0 s* Y/ MThe 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" M: K# q* p
5 H) B& b9 T f" R- P7 w2 X3 uEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.7 t7 U; I; E5 j- t2 M( [
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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.' L1 I7 p; F0 E2 n
' }4 {5 U/ Q) y2 F/ aThe 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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