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5 R4 r0 R" n# d7 E) iSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 J) ~& y: l ~. b9 N
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. A" z% }, S; X# A: |& Q
4 z/ w: Z* s. T7 E' y, ^ vBy The Canadian Press! R$ k* f2 C: J( {
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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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5 [' ~. f4 `' H k8 rThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.* _8 A( `2 V# }/ 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.
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$ @4 C- k) j. s* U* YEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., A/ T2 I' G, I5 Q" N) m
& j, L* p4 S4 ]. n) f, T# ^; _+ ^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.6 D9 d/ D0 ^# L; v; R
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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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