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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, B/ Y9 j2 @% e4 L6 z' C
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. s, I. o3 g7 S- Y% |Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: V! N* C5 Z# K1 G) a3 O) Y
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By The Canadian Press$ s; u ^4 ]4 x9 X2 w8 p
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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.! P7 D: k0 i" y: c9 J& [9 O7 v
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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.7 ], u1 Q: L& X( @( U
5 r. w/ m- d% P& EThe 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.% Q$ B' |( D% T' \4 B M( B6 V( ^
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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.) x/ K9 g' ^+ O+ l6 c$ t
6 N/ f3 O5 c- I9 K I& NThe 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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