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6 @8 m" G4 T' h9 O; ISuncor 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! [& {" f; g/ a+ I M3 i# G
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4 [+ O0 v0 O6 J- N- x5 s+ wFORT 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." p* R2 q/ ^5 ~/ t2 i4 L) S* ?) s
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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.* s7 }3 i& n- I6 ~1 D) `; u1 t
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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.: ?' _' h: V0 O- {; L
1 V. @2 X" r% U2 m1 @Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 Y* A2 G# L: z* Q, Q* [8 O ~
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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.6 |0 J) F2 i# `* Y
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The 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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