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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, i+ U8 [5 W T& z
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$ J& l5 [' s/ L& |/ R3 [2 q+ hWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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- i1 e# A* O0 R8 H; `$ rBy 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.! q8 @+ l) W5 V0 y) f! u* Q
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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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) C2 z6 s1 X- w3 e( MThe 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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* n# g8 C6 s+ h2 ~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./ D d& Q# ~8 a' Y) J, o6 _: A& 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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