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$ d! H; A+ ^8 k v+ {, p. SSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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7 f; s8 H. j/ D3 D3 MBy The Canadian Press: _0 {% \% O( W$ z I' k/ c
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! r3 `1 X( P [8 i: O; }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.
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' s9 L6 y0 R8 {3 {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.
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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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8 p9 c- W- ^( {( W LMcCabe 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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. h3 `5 Z% B7 h$ Y% _/ {7 h) zThe 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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