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/ S% F# i+ X: j I" h, x% i% CSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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" f* {1 r! ?' B) ]) ]Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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. E' ^1 f+ g) e/ [3 OBy 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.
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! q. H, D1 @* o, N" y% lThe 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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" L+ l4 P, u$ V1 \- R, dThe 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., T% d3 p+ e- J8 q1 Z
; P* r& H6 x2 EEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.# k# G7 w: @" |
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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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) a* [: [0 `4 T* m8 f; n; gThe 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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