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) k' Z# n. a) WSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 J' [' A1 g8 s/ a9 o6 f5 {
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! b* g" i/ {; E7 I( |2 U# O4 YWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: S! E. Z d3 q0 A8 e0 U
* U7 r% @9 ]- eBy The Canadian Press1 m; I0 d9 E9 m4 I, {- P- b8 {
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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.
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* b. o; X, c% W: B0 \" bThe 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.7 }7 w5 x- Q3 K y; C8 L" ]
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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./ t. p- |# B: Z3 ]4 q* ~
- g' a: M, Z' P! y0 X5 _: dMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.3 B7 A0 U/ g. A" S5 J$ d2 o
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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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