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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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! d0 V: U$ }: \, TWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM# `2 {# n7 P7 b1 u( ^& K8 k
$ h; g( V. z+ [( G$ V1 i! dBy 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.) m: |) a+ ]/ `' v* ~' m) p4 v* {9 s5 ~
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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. |4 j% u& j6 w# k! V( z
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Environment 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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/ p5 V) f8 C. A: g& {6 `) yMcCabe 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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, S0 {: x, i- HThe 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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