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/ x0 x- A5 Q; d% T' CSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 p/ |( W7 X6 V" z% H
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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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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2 d0 o$ H7 k: V! W! M0 [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.: [3 W4 d$ u9 y1 ^/ f$ V" G9 t' }2 g" w
: ~% e/ B$ C2 `1 u; D# l/ ZThe 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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- t$ N7 V$ u2 y, h% ~3 ]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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