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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 O1 @. | c! _* }% ]
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?+ B$ ~' z# _7 JWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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. K- }: D) a& a% r$ w$ a( jBy The Canadian Press& \9 @3 B1 e+ M
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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.+ z B% j! c* V# o& ^( u8 o& {
4 {6 T' |- [* f) `6 N+ F6 @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.. I" t$ p5 |6 z2 d/ Z; m2 f! @& d j
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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.- L9 s9 o$ E5 {" k
; [8 I* G1 r( X& a5 wEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.# f3 N" ~* k1 v9 N: P4 I z
; x9 y! f6 x/ V5 d4 IMcCabe 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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