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% S& x* H2 f/ w) l6 t5 pSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# ^% |9 D1 W. x+ W7 X- Z# m5 i
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3 B9 B3 i2 P8 [, j+ C# hWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM/ \) h9 o/ U$ J0 \3 l
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By The Canadian Press7 e0 A8 ^- u" G8 R; A6 ?
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1 g- k; T7 X# b. RFORT 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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' H, u8 Q( x' P- I/ oThe 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.! n6 x+ G' v( u0 M/ J0 e7 h
, U, u! [+ f( [4 z, w. z( WEnvironment 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 Y+ s0 k7 t9 X' Y/ Z6 KMcCabe 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 H: t8 y& t% c7 P- m( S; m9 u
% O) }- Y+ c& B3 E4 AThe 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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