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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* b# E" l1 y3 R
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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; _: I: B, c* c7 z( s. |2 e, qBy The Canadian Press1 x5 i6 P3 r0 j; ]% T! Z
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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.7 E& O0 U( \$ s- v, O1 w G) C
! @% e) m) y! IThe 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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; X& s5 E. I0 r4 g- f; @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.! o2 P5 Z; t/ J2 \' p
2 e* ]5 L, p0 FThe 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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