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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# U' g. Z/ q! f9 c, x _9 F/ f
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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( U- a9 c% }3 L! z% ^; EBy The Canadian Press& O2 H. ~9 d1 W8 A" c/ @
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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.9 G5 ~5 e4 w3 c/ M# n( z% U
& ^" M: R _5 E; }+ QThe 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.8 k/ G) m% c6 Q+ Q+ F- H$ F* ]0 }
! d! _, s- O% E, gEnvironment 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.: |- L; o5 f, N+ u0 Y* z
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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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