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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 ~4 u3 T% j9 g* t; P' @
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press' w9 ?& a5 j p" Z
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4 R: G2 `# L6 u3 q9 S* yFORT 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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) n0 x2 }. B- K7 Z ]5 BThe 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.
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3 x+ a# ]6 }) A' nEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& W6 O. _% \/ F8 a
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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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1 ]3 c- `2 T7 r. QThe 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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