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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 n; J' D/ M) b$ b1 _
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$ h& N( x3 u/ P- fWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: S: @. H0 z3 I# U7 R% o
! Y$ ]8 n8 H {% q6 N5 h# T4 RBy The Canadian Press v4 \ p/ U+ p& Q; z. x# r
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& i5 E$ i1 L5 o( }9 K+ `* oFORT 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./ i A8 g) {. Z. A
) |5 l3 @5 L' W* _! Z* U5 ~1 c& ~4 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.
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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.; M8 e5 a3 V9 W
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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.8 R n, R! `% ~2 b c) l8 ~, v* E
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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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% s% ^# W: P. b9 c1 KThe 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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