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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 l" H3 C9 e) E% M9 @
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM( ^: p% j' e, a! j
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By The Canadian Press( |! \3 b3 X! A7 O# ]
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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.5 l, y5 m( e8 Y. X, b
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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.: a" F# q9 D( w) d: M: w
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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. L. b3 c* A9 ?% N
8 @+ E4 B: s7 V% T( O$ HEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.6 r. K# e4 s, n
, E. x E4 D+ l: t2 _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.9 M5 D) e3 T$ B( K1 l
9 a: h, C, g; n& x) S% R# e# ]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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