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4 C: v b9 z% O, `) BSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* g2 C) a9 ?6 @+ O# }
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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* r& C# i0 P+ K6 A# a8 qBy The Canadian Press# _/ i" D$ }$ H( b' q+ {3 ~
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/ U5 w( R4 Z6 n5 PFORT 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.5 u2 ?0 O. N7 |3 s9 k5 @
; |4 H' r8 E$ ^* Y' GThe 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./ A& V- h {0 B+ E0 s) j$ a
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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., y: ^: _' S* C0 z$ r& q9 x
& b$ L; r# o9 y3 B" q4 R5 R, sMcCabe 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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