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4 q8 |( l/ Q- O% |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' F9 {- R6 J, {. U2 j3 z
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3 `) X8 I# m1 b! z- iWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, M, Z1 N6 g4 N$ O* YBy The Canadian Press6 U" f- \4 L; M$ V) H- }* U. i) h
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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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% q) n' |' K: uThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.6 {1 Z. P4 r7 o4 p3 y, g! \
) w+ q2 W o2 k; F/ T5 Z1 |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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0 n/ Y+ i5 c" gEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.# z! y2 b1 K5 s' T) Z. z+ {
. l/ x7 a; f' g& G! I) a. m. nMcCabe 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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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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