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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% M: a+ k; B, D0 v, m8 {$ z6 p
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM+ |3 `, [% Z/ q: J/ C0 s# G' v
+ I$ i! I3 r) T/ O# m5 gBy The Canadian Press2 W9 P9 `' _: x& [5 x
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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.. h1 y$ }* W* C; }' E3 {
$ ]+ a9 z; i% M* r' \! R6 @9 ]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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5 o$ b( v1 p4 j: dThe 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., b! c/ V' l9 f* r* W, m( [
( ~( ?/ V# }# x$ v! F" R0 uEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., Q+ s4 O" e5 v! s4 A
+ c/ I# c* d4 g' LMcCabe 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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* b1 N. d- `/ c+ M, z9 _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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