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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 H% J) t/ H8 L. }
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 V; u* T9 W% x: O) c. j8 `$ d
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By The Canadian Press
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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.
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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.
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9 _) K* Y. \/ l; V' s% xThe 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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& r9 y Z0 C7 b$ w* c9 J' S1 V- _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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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.. i( N' e" g! H& Y1 b
9 j1 U1 o6 I3 ~* 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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