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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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* H* t1 H* L6 [3 \6 ?0 Q7 j# m/ gWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press8 x9 n3 U$ U5 p/ _2 W% E8 o
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/ F' F& _, i! ^, k3 r) t: \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.0 E0 U+ ]: o& V1 `5 m% d) w0 @
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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.) M. X( l8 T9 A+ F1 t- B% |8 L
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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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# `: C; c5 f5 o0 EEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& L: k; i) T \5 A% e
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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.# S, v% k) }4 w+ X! y# z
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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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