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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river ]+ }" R; w) o2 N* N! \- t2 V$ s! ]
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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2 a8 V$ L% _( RFORT 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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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.* P h$ @. e% ?# E% }7 a
' j* \$ X6 N+ E# l4 g% u* ?% n8 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.4 r- N8 T8 s9 q# ~" Z
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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.+ H; p4 i; t: Z/ k; ~& p8 s6 j
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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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- C8 D* V1 d; l8 tThe 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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