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- X6 @: J3 A2 I: \7 a6 OSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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7 t- l- H. d. ~- _By The Canadian Press3 P1 o! F7 P- N6 }
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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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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.& r7 a% @( @! c2 b( f* `: c
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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.7 _: b4 P- N! S5 @1 U
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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. A$ g1 [+ m+ a% F
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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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