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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 W7 P1 p1 U% u; M
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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! L5 a5 [: n* L/ D/ l5 L; p9 kFORT 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./ v* t+ N% H# D" [; `8 Z, m, d
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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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) K$ T) k9 q2 A& w- n3 s* i9 nThe 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./ {1 R9 A0 v* R$ O* `7 U
7 v, z$ g* t7 h& [& {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.% J! Q( r p* e% D- }
7 O, U' ?) F* o. e7 D7 lThe 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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