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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river- l& }! d& x# @7 e- {- Q& V' ]3 F
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM( e* A. Z( ~2 H
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By The Canadian Press* P. d! s K, B. W6 O+ }" Z% U
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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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: N5 e1 j: P m2 A: Z2 i) NThe 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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+ n8 T( R' H- \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.0 R& ?/ L( A9 C( a/ g
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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.2 r! M% g# }. P( g! d! ?) I
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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.$ h' ~/ T0 j6 T5 Y- T
0 X' ]2 m; V' }* A {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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