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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ j% ?; F3 j: S |. j) y
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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+ Z; @% u& ], R% PBy 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.+ o+ S! {0 h# C! p! H
8 ~+ c& Q! P& X" ?9 C" U0 i) P* @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./ R! M6 V$ K" M& h$ |- p5 T* I2 t* j0 J! y
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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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- ^( d7 k8 c. [' \; \: b. I$ p" w$ xThe 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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