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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ s/ A, f0 U% y
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" @; `4 \( A; C& O: W" iWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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; C* s) |8 m; I# Z/ JFORT 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." u; H& ^& H: m
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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.
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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.) ]/ q1 R% P* u2 s$ C2 s
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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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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.! {& V4 k5 z* t4 ]4 {8 h
& V# W- W/ I* D# k# U# k* O5 cThe 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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