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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, @# @7 G$ j' `: D5 ~4 b$ H7 x* E
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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# O# `' }7 o9 RBy The Canadian Press6 m. i' Z b1 q/ }
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+ w8 U' H% {( L' `2 xFORT 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.
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$ k& j8 I! Z4 M1 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." ]. H% D5 [2 V3 y" k& Q, L+ D
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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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) X% V' I1 q( q$ A. b% Z% yMcCabe 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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