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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 F9 y4 M) z5 m2 x
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+ B0 S5 B2 t- b! HWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 ?& G6 z+ @5 u) i. g4 e
% x, k* R3 M3 ]6 x6 `% UBy The Canadian Press
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& Y2 o- E+ B. _% `$ g( y! zFORT 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 a: Q( u& s# A; T, d3 O
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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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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.- _0 |; q# c3 i* \- M( S
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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.- }' ^' C- Y3 `0 Z- w4 v( F7 A9 l
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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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( I# \( J f% J* I1 N6 jThe 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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