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3 U% M- h' t- Z. K' E8 {Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 C0 |8 W {% R2 ]9 D+ j" ]
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7 Y: {4 t- p8 E* zWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. s5 L, p4 W2 g3 b# a( f
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By The Canadian Press
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+ @! t1 o7 L; v: qFORT 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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) q, T" l* B% x) q1 t& M* ^! IThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.+ J. |$ K' P& U- t
/ _: e, n% U! M9 ^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.* C- o: z5 f, }. b4 ?
- ]# ]/ q+ b5 D. D% n9 A% e( O4 bEnvironment 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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/ P' |. ], B. b) ^' EMcCabe 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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