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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ i& p. ?8 x+ f' \9 B; @: L7 e
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM) X$ u" B4 ~: p- d) ?; I6 v1 I
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By The Canadian Press
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* P, C6 X$ h, X- z4 Y, s$ d- lFORT 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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8 X8 a2 j2 n) @! a" ^6 l2 W. zThe 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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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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6 N5 _* j' w& ?: kEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& c$ i% s/ K0 H/ M. g* y
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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.6 Q- D+ F! x6 j
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The 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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