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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river) w9 ]- U6 p6 U1 q4 O ]
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0 a" E1 v4 S3 J$ EWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM) }" g( V! \1 }; @7 g+ p
3 K' \- p8 f, r! ~0 FBy The Canadian Press
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$ x! b$ A$ |4 cFORT 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.5 C z1 r, V% @$ \( L7 I5 x4 L
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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.$ s/ m$ u X3 a8 { W4 |
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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.# d+ A7 w' h, o1 [" Z2 P0 j$ w- @
+ }/ O% Q2 z% P7 U& C; [Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 H& o1 {8 e7 R# g2 I: y* J
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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.+ M8 W; Y: m; h+ K( L( X% c& a
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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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