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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM* m/ F+ F6 N$ b1 L8 j
5 L+ N7 x/ ~1 y9 TBy The Canadian Press0 [ Y/ B% q4 w8 q* M- W
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$ U4 x8 L0 _5 V( v# JFORT 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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s$ }: @' W/ v4 l% b: l" V2 O, K, W1 u3 YThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.( M U5 _- P ^( c# O* b$ k# |
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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.4 D2 D' a( |# a# Y
4 c7 L, Y. F. C0 i: C4 ?* }, k6 zEnvironment 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.
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' g8 Y5 P5 V8 M2 I9 c) V0 XThe 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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