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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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& I7 x4 W* P7 L5 VWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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; Q& H; U3 Z7 c6 v; M' tBy The Canadian Press
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* H2 U5 P# p- A; ~5 m. ^5 P7 L, ~, RFORT 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.
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8 R% n8 y) b* p3 e& ]7 mThe 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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2 j$ x3 p% d3 \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.6 q1 l7 T. [4 F' W# p8 @
$ w( c5 r, ?! ^1 v$ H: |* j1 c4 }3 mEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ o- ?! S( l( n s
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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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