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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ q8 y- u7 g+ |/ j2 Y
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( g3 Q" Y; ?5 L, fWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: p- i7 N6 i- v& U! _
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By The Canadian Press5 E$ D8 `( \) ]# e
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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.$ u' d' A, a1 k4 v
6 B; ?* s4 y: u: bThe 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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. j5 b) y9 q' E3 ~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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& M6 p: e/ e x2 m- J0 k2 C7 |* Z9 e* rMcCabe 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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& h7 A4 s1 n& SThe 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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