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6 h/ T% C$ r( Y6 G5 i% }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ b; G. }. m/ z. w9 ~3 x3 p
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4 S+ |& U5 Z( j$ @Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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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.; `, h+ L- [$ Q+ F. A
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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.* _" M N% f/ F2 K4 z
" n3 e$ I% d* }' f1 ^9 vThe 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.4 b$ h' D; R5 g% }
8 v0 R d0 Y- @0 W! ~2 _Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( A x/ w* j- Z1 }# `) s
5 c0 b( E k# G/ e) R2 S( 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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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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