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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( n6 Y/ T* K9 Z
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" u! P1 L$ D4 w1 ?) F" ZWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM! W" r0 N, H9 q. o$ a; U
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By The Canadian Press
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+ ^/ @+ g, y: e8 Q, s4 yFORT 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./ s2 _! b( K; }$ n% O) D
% k7 n* W/ d6 e; |/ BThe 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. Q& @7 K6 Q* K! E! @' K4 X
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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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; o6 x/ A: Q' Y5 F" {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.9 U% V) ?. ^* F. o
% o4 ?; y! W) g' g& b+ B) Z2 wThe 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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