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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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% d8 G0 ~! q; UWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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j v- l( d! ?; \! Q- Y' BBy The Canadian Press) \8 y; a" _1 F& x
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, V: |; W8 W6 A/ }6 TFORT 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." l9 L8 |" N2 c7 B' Y$ p' R$ w
- N4 i, g6 V6 ?8 @% F: Z+ _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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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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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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9 j7 w" j0 ?* C" A tThe 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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