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" g; H1 ~6 |1 z7 X; JSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. r0 v' J: E4 n' K& }; q: R
, ?% I( d+ O; B y: P% e t$ l& dBy The Canadian Press1 ~( e) t- _( s) L
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8 x- W P/ f* 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.2 ?5 J3 I1 a) Q- S/ z/ J 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.+ F1 _, w+ V% Y; O- `
; u$ P9 t; L' ], ~$ k, M6 m0 VThe 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.- B' U9 P9 c, p: Y) b* T: M# N2 K
. f( h7 P% c* N& {7 L1 gEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.% d. g# b' U6 Z; @
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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." a& w6 M; c) U
# {8 H0 z7 n5 ]; T; l, F, vThe 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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