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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# n, |5 C! t1 u' @" x) B3 D
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7 f! d/ P8 G( V7 r4 h. b5 kWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 n( {+ t4 @3 d1 B) V. ]) N% H- C
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By The Canadian Press; \5 L8 m% R! i5 o0 C4 V* o
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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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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." o+ u/ l) J+ v3 ^ h, |
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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.; P8 m4 D; i) D/ U6 J
. F$ ^- I" l5 r7 F) R" D8 LMcCabe 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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- z( Q2 E' I+ ?! 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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