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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! T+ t x7 t9 d4 z5 O
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM$ N/ k6 f0 Q( O' U# @" g" n' N0 G
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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.
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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.6 W2 y! U Q+ A) F m# D
' D: \- e$ K* k; {7 GThe 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." j E/ D/ \) w4 q3 Y
$ j6 V% _- y+ h! DEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.7 `$ B4 ~; S$ r# x i% V: Q
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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.
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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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