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. C7 s5 A, c# bSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM0 d3 V) j$ r; N" ]- Q9 x7 A
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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.* i- y+ u7 m4 P- o: s0 ?0 {$ A
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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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: y. w/ j* N# m4 O/ L' I) i' }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.4 q7 C- y7 z3 I. X
3 v* G' }0 O# z" u5 BEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.! S" I/ n+ f( v0 m! R
# i. ]9 b2 H2 s2 _+ c+ hMcCabe 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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, x( \% L+ D& ], u oThe 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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