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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ _* a, _. e2 v" T7 K _
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press: m% Q8 [# v: U( \7 R' W0 o
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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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: f3 [% G" P! j- i! n X; |( LThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 X: i' k3 n$ M9 w$ g* w! j% @: V" ~( _
4 \% ~" c: ]) m6 D0 g' |6 o5 z( zThe 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.5 B9 {5 x7 I/ H
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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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8 B! ?& ?' d1 H( Q; d. [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.4 N5 O `: t* s4 s7 [
# x* x$ u& J5 Z3 H5 o2 QThe 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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