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% m; B6 I; @) J! V! I+ SSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river: k: Z9 V: @5 f! O( M' S, V' N
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM' B( ?- k8 S1 i5 H: c
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By The Canadian Press/ T J9 F0 t6 x5 J
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- K: V; ~7 d0 zFORT 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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6 ~6 h, @8 c* ~. n* M4 y! M/ `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./ t" x: y( ?# s9 t
" m, A- M U+ P* DThe 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.: T+ }; L, f. ~9 f9 w
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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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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 @. m9 r- \. M! ?
1 k# l5 U% U! K% W5 j, t3 Q9 cThe 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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