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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# |/ @1 ~6 w4 p5 b$ ?
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press7 U8 y7 z0 \9 V1 ` g0 C8 u' u
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+ u, h; J& K- l5 |9 s+ iFORT 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./ t* [, n; p* o! b+ w
" e8 z# {7 K. F! f8 S3 }' {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.
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: d# ~2 j# B- i% w' [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.
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5 p8 Q+ f r4 iEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 m* c2 s: O( p b, s: {# ?
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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., p: w+ `+ S- D0 ^4 Q
3 P8 x2 k. J; c6 Z* B- gThe 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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