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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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) p; r3 f4 X* Z+ n3 c$ v/ gWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM7 w* Z4 U8 B5 W! {( R$ }, C
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By 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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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.& e. w6 w. |# X: a0 J `3 f# t* U' P
4 ^( k+ l! \+ k8 j5 WThe 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.& k0 d4 z2 J; e! `% G& r9 M! {
+ y- {9 `+ E' ZEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.$ _4 K/ n) H5 b
- P2 b( P1 b0 w, R( a' zMcCabe 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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3 v. x6 t+ g( L* b, s, ]0 b |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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