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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 F% t& g% {9 l" @* X& W
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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! [! c% B* {/ j; W+ bBy The Canadian Press4 }( z! t/ V% |8 Q$ _
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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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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.2 \5 o( p- ~' X; l8 S
0 [" q, A7 ?2 y2 wThe 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.
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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.
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8 a5 `+ G' O' m1 \* m* Y3 |0 h5 cThe 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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