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6 r8 V* \$ u' J7 B9 QSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* M( m3 R: H: |! o% Z
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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$ w3 \$ {8 t6 m; [By The Canadian Press' ?! }$ \( R6 y/ c8 o
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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.! h+ E4 ?# N* L
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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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) f5 i5 V' h: C6 s" CThe 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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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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" @0 t+ X4 R0 o5 {& d! S1 FMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.) ^4 g! {4 ?$ l; U$ `5 F! T6 n
, h. b9 s9 a! l2 Q' Y; MThe 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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