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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; w7 X* k* l; t- K) D v/ m2 L
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM* B( r+ m( ^2 J1 h% Q& {
7 E) \5 A; W- u& t; n6 WBy The Canadian Press, E9 f6 e' }0 [1 e B! X
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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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7 q2 V7 ]+ d- W1 C9 ?% qThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.+ w7 n& d8 T, r
3 c9 L, u* [4 A8 @" BThe 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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! `& }- I. c+ }4 q* FEnvironment 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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1 ~# N5 w J5 y% b5 w q, `6 ~6 ^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.) \( ], u. k: D/ W" D
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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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