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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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$ O# M) N$ q LWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM P" r1 L2 ?% G$ r' T
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By The Canadian Press$ s# ~) _+ p) _
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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.3 N" y* G$ W1 {- O! q' v9 [, S
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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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" _- M! C- R) C4 d, `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.
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5 y; k9 B6 X7 @. BEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River." m" \5 d' N9 L" m. X i
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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.& Q& }6 y; Q3 n( Z+ N9 f
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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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