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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM/ A( Q6 f9 L4 N: d
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By The Canadian Press1 f1 B3 V8 L3 [0 J7 \
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) U# W( c+ c1 \: ^# \4 _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.' e: O: d7 [" s& f# ^" _( v
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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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}3 Q! a! ?0 y' e) SThe 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.9 R. q# ^; J S. \7 S0 t* r
9 w5 v, ] B! b/ f: k4 K' jEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ k) w: Z* ~8 s$ t
N* w1 \& F6 x1 \! S4 w5 z( MMcCabe 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 z) t4 h( 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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