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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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$ L. e- P4 j3 [6 }! EWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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5 ]% b" e7 f0 `# ?$ v& Q' [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.0 }% H5 I0 y7 X9 \5 x
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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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: q2 c9 M. c! _( F# P3 S2 C3 XEnvironment 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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2 L+ w2 _3 D/ X& k) Z8 TMcCabe 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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. E. l+ L6 [8 {: L& @, TThe 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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