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- Z* n4 S# A6 o, r& L) R( CSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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% }+ ^8 Q+ ?, f: V R: TWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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" i. O& m! P" g4 q* ?7 N2 v& x4 }% OBy The Canadian Press3 s/ b, o) I6 K
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4 `4 Z/ J( ^+ g1 G0 RFORT 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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" w% V, p, L. F: E) {3 y r( e8 cThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 r. {" b, f+ o5 O- o
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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.; x0 |& ~% q6 W+ K, N( |
+ X2 Y6 R- L' D9 f. B/ ^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.( I# _- D8 t- u% G
1 ~3 B+ Y" B* {% u6 R7 rThe 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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