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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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# O" R) o0 s7 L6 q( b' k0 _Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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I3 I" a% b4 `0 G1 V+ bFORT 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.! q: ^" w( `5 |& `
/ d6 f+ `2 ^3 o* Y0 DThe 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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. w1 O% h v+ o5 n7 e0 eThe 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.' k" M* k+ w/ }) X W
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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." |, y8 n& Q+ P \& T* Y
6 L; k7 x- A: J$ \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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