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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 [! \+ m% F. t/ O3 @
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0 z9 F' R1 {/ |Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 a# n' `1 |. O ? sBy The Canadian Press
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1 E- p+ Q' X7 U% W+ n, [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.9 ^2 \/ @& d) [5 d& V
+ ?5 ]. S! Z$ `2 IThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.% s: Y3 p6 ?5 ^: T6 o) A5 D: p0 j
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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.6 \$ C1 X* a5 @+ ~+ F$ S
# U& G- F! m# tMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.2 v- A& B) P% h5 U$ A p/ S
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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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