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7 N* @8 p/ ~# N2 H; }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 j& P; Q( J3 [& k( z
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By The Canadian Press& Z7 |' Y0 n2 D* t0 a+ 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.6 v- I1 g/ s1 W0 r9 [
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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.! \* D/ B* J9 I6 I3 ^) a$ l
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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.' N6 F+ Q8 J8 T' n' u) s
) b! e! J3 ]/ D+ b$ VEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.0 P6 {/ n/ W4 G5 s
2 p" T' A4 c2 l: hMcCabe 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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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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