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6 ]" u% M5 x" s M; X! ]2 RSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 {) M( d4 s+ O: @. a7 \0 P
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By The Canadian Press d" B8 C5 A9 R$ D6 a. C f
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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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" s( l- Z7 T# X0 ^( w" [! sThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants. T! p: ?- L; _( c7 H5 ?
; n5 E* i, e7 a, N( `! J9 RThe 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.7 I" \/ s$ S2 [! m+ L6 d5 [
/ } Y/ g: b% p; o2 C5 c3 x6 BEnvironment 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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- r0 H9 c4 I$ W I) `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.5 Y6 O8 h O/ K7 s g4 [
8 s+ P; ~! o# p) P. ?/ E+ EThe 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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