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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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* p1 ~: B7 l' E8 a) n0 { c8 TWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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- t: K4 f$ n, p) c* _By The Canadian Press V, |8 C$ e/ R% W
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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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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.
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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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1 f% L) h0 i: r: IEnvironment 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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1 k( z) _ Z+ `3 G2 D) F: c0 qMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.: h7 n! `& {0 G# c
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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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