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' ~- f, M' l7 Q3 @/ [; _! dSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( J+ T+ P* e+ U7 D+ o) E3 Y
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press" h7 e4 E- y) l) T9 F
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0 I& @! r: V- r! ]$ fFORT 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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( P( B* h& v# y' GThe 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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1 j+ o; L. k( C, DEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.7 f1 `1 x3 a1 G
+ @6 G! w- s9 V2 u' XMcCabe 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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8 u# Z, n- B* q5 H4 B W0 _2 iThe 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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