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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# t- K, x4 w+ A# X/ j
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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6 r( F% c1 r) I& WBy 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.
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: _9 _! R: ~4 o+ @$ qThe 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.! e1 \6 h9 n+ ] x. u
, a& W+ [! q* b& z3 S: eEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 n6 _: A- {, m. P
: X2 h' |1 U- V; i& b% oMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.5 Q& U$ j. `. I# G" F8 {
4 p' X' A; k! `( w8 _, ~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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