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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% O( d: W: j$ m- O
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM) U9 C/ ?. J6 Y! \- w( y
: G: l3 m; k7 t( O( V4 [& p8 d1 _By The Canadian Press
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4 h: b3 g0 v; ?8 ]& h4 W* x' qFORT 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.& M, d$ V3 L9 @- M: l, u
2 |4 J; S8 i, w% Z8 }) i# I# @& ?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.0 a) {5 o% x. O5 y6 r( D6 i
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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.( j: n* I0 I7 {. Y9 M0 O- U5 f
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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.; p+ A* U, M/ m. r
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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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! M" O7 J+ B, Y+ u- e2 U1 ]! N* tThe 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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