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9 V. N8 c) x8 Z q2 U& C+ rSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 X* v3 j3 F( ]% q+ C$ @
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press) `# t) O- M$ q
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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.4 J9 {8 J' W1 D- I
3 X# @' P W% C) BThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.) z0 c& C5 @8 t( J
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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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. K9 N6 D/ ]0 v' v7 I) S# m. t* hEnvironment 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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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.; ?. I5 E4 B8 Z7 G; F+ q
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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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