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+ Y6 N' r0 S+ S' w3 v! iSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ g; |0 N* y/ A- K& p! s
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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' s7 l' W4 E2 e3 Q+ ^, \# }* J0 f- p% HBy The Canadian Press6 @" x! ]# r" H& P; O5 g
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, Y- ~0 r! ~1 aFORT 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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- H. g, r1 _& |% b% Z0 T0 F% AThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.. G' l H" ~8 e( b
; }8 c! a# S6 Y9 W. F, F; q+ {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.( Z' _, E7 K% d n$ W& ?
9 q* }8 r: S# H+ nEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.' ]9 ~) ^ T. V9 T
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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.# r: \+ W! F1 E# t& c% i
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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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