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: j! {1 y: K4 FSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! w9 ]( G3 m& v0 R% O5 F1 P
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, r1 G& I* L$ v c( KWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM+ H8 ]! Q6 q* s( b, Z
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By The Canadian Press9 O3 h) E1 n3 s0 Z
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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.6 z" t6 t( x% P2 d/ P
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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.5 _ g: ^; K4 W; G5 \
9 G6 e7 e9 i4 c4 Q" I6 B" fEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.* A/ t" J) ?/ B4 ]3 A9 Y
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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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5 C! g& L! l- [ x# b" ]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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