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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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* Z5 O$ p" h+ o6 c( h( IWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 w8 G: |2 F7 m9 _& H# C6 [- u) F
7 U7 E: T# G0 X& MBy 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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4 L. X* I, a' u) Y- ]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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" G8 u- f! x( B' l i# X9 l0 I0 }3 ~# uThe 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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. ^& Y' _; {8 f& ~+ C) k2 OEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.- v8 d' j8 t: F, v. T1 ]. O
B. K/ k9 t+ x) X, `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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