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% }3 q; w4 y& V' g- j+ P) {Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river) ?6 f. t( h4 u4 v4 _5 l% |
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; H8 C* R3 G# zWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press: V4 t0 `; ?- g3 V8 [. P4 h3 t0 s( [
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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.( c* J! b3 n! g; f3 i- g5 m. U
( |! _* b/ U, m# U& r6 l! zThe 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. V7 l+ M% j# g" O6 w
2 s$ j w- @# N: |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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McCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.4 n6 g3 t4 L4 L1 L5 j q
6 u6 o) \& g0 H4 e; ^ dThe 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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