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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 o/ q g. i: p/ j& [: B
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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$ I1 _( ]& ~- [1 W b) ~/ d) a( ~" j! P' _By The Canadian Press
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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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4 E# {2 `* Z7 U( ?8 a/ Q$ X! M& k) uThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.. n! ^( g( N1 P2 _' g* ]( P( M
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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.: _ ?, F0 R2 q* U6 A; ?6 H
) ?+ ]% n/ M# x5 S6 k- k8 \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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4 T) w) Y, {5 t, D2 WThe 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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