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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! e4 J, j4 a J
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, a) y6 Q* F0 x* x/ DBy 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.' b* M; D% X+ ?
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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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) n( m; Z: B) h1 ~6 B% GThe 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. e2 J A4 x1 {- q W: Q
3 v7 O! p- I* S+ b+ Y, F4 O7 wEnvironment 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.1 |& n8 a6 R6 W4 m* H6 @# l% p
' q- T {( {, DThe 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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