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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 v1 C' L2 U/ l; d& v
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- q, ]7 Y) {) w' j/ DWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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+ c" }0 y$ h& o; Y( s8 `By The Canadian Press
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, v' u- q. S* Q! H" K/ W, {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.# T1 o. U. s7 `% p& F
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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./ X1 u0 R* U: S& J; J+ \
8 t' W! E* g) [8 o4 [( z+ N, lThe 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.; ?- B+ c# W8 u( m m' O' a
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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.
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# [4 ]6 h, M" R0 T! ]) hThe 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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