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) i2 o$ u# _9 OSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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( c7 K' H* {1 rBy The Canadian Press
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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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{0 W6 o4 F" EThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.. t, y# J4 s; L& r$ J
: _0 X2 q( |5 O8 N: D/ n1 IThe 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.% w- k& x$ w. n3 F. ]. ]- l1 u
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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.. A% }* z) b D# M6 l
( V/ C2 R! M# \8 q. p9 X1 T8 F' YMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.) d7 t7 g& \! w8 r& `$ h
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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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