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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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" B2 z: E. G9 u8 N6 zWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 l1 r5 }& |5 }. |
+ o' k* g0 f4 L. X8 q& Y: h% iBy The Canadian Press
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' w k& x5 F0 W$ z+ V. bFORT 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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4 y3 y4 A1 Z, d1 ]" I+ r: b) TThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.; x; Z$ \- W. a' n, ~
R9 R& t3 f2 ?' h$ LThe 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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! ~, F( N$ U' v7 H& B: e* G! P7 `1 BEnvironment 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.+ |0 e2 h. y9 _
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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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