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7 o+ s% F1 w; j ]; y r5 USuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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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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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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1 C {! G0 m2 n1 n$ v9 m/ }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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4 v2 N, @# {/ u+ YEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.; s3 P S$ b; \$ E
0 i) |0 e" W) o" U7 n& L6 o' V, wMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.! G( u; G) ?0 u1 O
% X4 P0 U \- f/ y- E# m! p) Y 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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