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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! `1 G+ |" b. W' q0 ~) {- V
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM! s4 [/ m2 v8 w
; w5 V5 J+ ] w" mBy The Canadian Press4 ~# x/ o: Y. g, G }6 B
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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.
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# x, N0 z1 L6 A$ i6 b( Z& D& uThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.7 X2 U" Q( z7 Y# v; X u
% j9 m( _6 L4 s, O* @ Z0 M5 O; jThe 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.6 q! a* q5 ?) H7 B6 ]9 k1 t. ]
0 ^/ P% ~( u% }" h0 n1 w/ fEnvironment 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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1 S1 e4 z4 B3 e. Z+ R# M4 H% qMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.: k! ^9 }) B$ f) ^/ Y. ~7 s9 v
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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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