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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 ~. B! o$ r! A; F! Z8 E) g& V/ z9 d
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`/ q, O; Z% YWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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6 m g1 A- Y) q' i5 L+ |By The Canadian Press' m2 }5 X' r' Q2 Z: e# U
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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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+ H6 A! ~; w. l6 N/ wThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 x: _( q4 a' {: m9 }+ `! {+ i: A
! k9 `6 C' L. _" N# OThe 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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4 N( U% {/ w$ d0 u# Q0 b/ k( yEnvironment 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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$ j$ v! t. u: r6 G8 gMcCabe 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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