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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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% B1 J: D, ~5 V: R- F; N- Z+ NWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 c6 p# y$ Q& Z& w
3 w4 a1 y I: H: e; [By The Canadian Press
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5 w8 [( J& w" S N% S' h5 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.( \) `& D1 f! ]1 S: e( f
: n& L! N; t7 e1 C3 k GThe 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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+ B; l6 S) n) K. HThe 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.
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1 U" y* M9 ~- z G0 S$ k4 v B/ LMcCabe 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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