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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; K# d6 c- i; k/ z+ y' {& Q, n
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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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.) x! z [0 {/ ?, B# n( T
( X- `% m% I/ @* cThe 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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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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- Y: V' o+ q3 c3 O: F5 CEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.' p# m- p P6 ~# L4 @ A
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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.
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* u3 Y$ w9 B- C0 T% q8 C5 DThe 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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