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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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, c5 m+ p T6 N' _6 OWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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- i( t4 E4 A7 Y& ?By The Canadian Press
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8 f. I* R1 y% _! cFORT 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.+ R: c$ A/ N1 l& D/ }1 W6 D
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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./ ?* Z: N6 o8 _$ P- n- e
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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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) j& ?% ?' V; E! D# L# uEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.% w7 D4 U" x) `7 k- ~8 _/ l
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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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