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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ ~7 e% p2 B! ?( g& {
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, D$ b( {; C5 v c% K+ q
6 W6 P+ @# }& v& t# |8 E$ dBy 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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, ]2 ~ T6 d1 h6 d* |+ K; G% 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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- u2 n7 V0 f. O' NThe 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.% P9 e/ O& g4 x. E6 X
: E4 ^: i0 |' a6 T3 y1 VEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.; I3 Z, t$ f* ^: ~7 |
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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.* j( Z2 A2 j h3 [: Q/ I
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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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