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% w- |( y* B) U% z8 zSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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- T, @$ M7 n) i8 H1 [Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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6 ?( f' D; S9 I7 ]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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The 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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5 @4 S: U) E& W3 h) Q5 PThe 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.# Z0 |! \% f0 ~" m; f. \# C d% V H
8 t. L, M1 A. |0 P' A2 FEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ K/ T5 s: I: S9 `; t; H! u
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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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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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