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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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! |& D0 M. A( h# i$ y* kWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM ?# w3 e! h" ?* Y9 v
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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.
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: \7 I5 ?5 M% B* J0 I6 ?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 E6 {% u, q2 ]9 @6 ~
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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.
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% ^9 y3 H0 i, R1 g O8 KEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 x. u- e* x/ V4 U) c8 I+ M
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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.
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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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