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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* K5 o! G$ z# Q
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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" G) n" H& b, i" }7 aBy 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.+ }: N$ ]4 N8 Z6 [7 `6 n4 ]
! J8 L% E& p9 i) d7 I' AThe 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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+ g/ i- n! g7 N1 c5 w5 C6 }+ lEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., ]$ m2 \: Q) H8 M; J; L' H5 S6 ?- T
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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.
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+ U5 \, h8 n- J) ~6 GThe 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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