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1 S4 j6 T1 O/ o3 v! D8 YSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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( J! q( W3 u$ J, F% M! eWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM- s# T* ^9 G- i/ t: C0 Y0 Q$ M- w
) h; w# k. i2 [, H: iBy The Canadian Press8 s( q7 u, [. p, t% j. z0 Y G
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4 k- A2 Z3 ?. t& v3 H8 s6 Z4 ^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.! p4 z, |9 w7 j8 @
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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.$ O) I. }: ^5 E9 y/ S1 h7 j4 Y4 o2 |
! f0 u, ~# x' F+ U" 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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# K4 R$ B8 w6 l. N& R# _. KEnvironment 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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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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