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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' B* b# G5 [7 u6 A* h- C7 e/ q
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 c" a0 j. q, p
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By The Canadian Press, Y6 r, M8 L) s1 o" {5 Z m
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2 W! H( V6 @- B& x' bFORT 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. F2 _) y; n, \- _3 R! c+ B: d- {) `9 k
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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.# q# h% ?8 X" K& K ]& S
/ t4 Z2 }* S& AEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.) D% F3 U8 n/ t3 O# ^9 @
$ Y: _% g. l! Z4 S4 l& j3 vMcCabe 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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/ p1 m; u( u6 V8 j, cThe 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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