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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; c) B& f$ g4 f6 t( b0 X
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# T, y/ Z+ `! j8 {( Z8 v9 SWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: q" ?! I! @% e" P' g% d7 q8 ?
$ P( |. `3 l1 E2 a% qBy The Canadian Press( s3 y2 _" j, ?" ? D' V. m3 N/ X
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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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3 T7 U9 }% g2 ?: [0 v3 rThe 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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6 v* \5 d4 A+ e2 G( @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.1 H2 U9 P+ M' y% v" w3 G
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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.
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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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2 g* P2 W! \8 V' t) X! V) vThe 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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