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( s2 B7 A- s3 W) h0 \Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 N4 @$ p, t2 k) f8 N. F, X" Q
: a" Y. ^. V+ B* ~9 v$ u: iBy The Canadian Press
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" [6 O v' F" w q- 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.3 e% U2 r$ c( Z3 M
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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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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.
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7 S# w5 z4 I4 v7 E5 G; IEnvironment 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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% G7 u4 W: X7 Y% H% e; vMcCabe 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 ]0 A( o" h* x$ 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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