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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 L4 V) W( g: k' a; Q0 c
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM! j/ a* k H' j; C: X. u7 T
. W8 i: Y2 K7 t: }+ a5 O, fBy The Canadian Press- Y. y$ U |6 F% i: N) Q$ G
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s) S5 u/ K. W% W! m! Q5 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.1 Q7 j& ~: N/ W5 a! x2 n, u
" ]' ?0 d1 H. j8 h UThe 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.
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2 n3 A8 A. c+ W, \" ZEnvironment 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.( E% X; s% x! p
/ y+ s& ]0 }' G) I8 }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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