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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% j+ r( F3 m2 d5 j, R
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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& V7 _) z* L; @( ? c G# I ~By The Canadian Press0 o \+ ^. j7 K C
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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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* o. R3 l, ~7 t& E" F7 FThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.- h# Q+ P0 N8 c4 ^9 S* K; [
. B+ z& X1 @, D. QThe 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.7 y: ^2 V' A! B& Q# b& n/ n! E$ R+ g
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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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5 N* I2 s2 I3 U% I9 ^9 {/ WMcCabe 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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