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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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% i& S! d4 q" D* EWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 ? `# c: k, T' f: u* a
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By The Canadian Press
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. V# s7 T2 B8 K4 \" _( @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.
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/ a( _0 G; K( A/ M5 r6 kThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants., q8 p" U6 c# L2 T
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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 H' C6 f# J0 s; ~+ [! M# w
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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.8 I' ?7 [; t, h" {9 F3 e
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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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