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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( }8 N- y$ T; z# ]
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P% c5 M" D# r$ qWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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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.9 `; d' d0 C, T) z6 M
# P& `" }3 l1 r4 I' _/ {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.0 R$ b' o) j2 Q+ V2 \. n
1 p+ ^, E/ x9 ?2 [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.
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* Y7 V6 j8 F. D8 ?1 G. M5 T* iEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 `* b9 ]( m# K1 d: f1 ]1 v/ W
5 a u: ]1 S! c3 iMcCabe 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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) m; t# I K; T, f2 N I5 jThe 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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