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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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' R0 ~2 ^% K# n/ T* W- { eWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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& q7 y1 k/ G2 [6 ^By The Canadian Press
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; i, Z8 D m" J& SFORT 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.; e* x! `- t0 h
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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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( `- m: Y3 j5 s# Q% x0 xThe 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., f+ P7 G- t1 I
/ m3 v( @; w- `/ L2 v, T+ [1 gEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. G2 I, C' X* t$ p
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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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