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, Z" Y! `8 ?5 G1 n, I; LSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river \, ^4 Y' M Y0 n' s& ?
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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; o/ t3 g$ X: SFORT 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.8 E6 |, c, p! \ m: B! A
~/ F5 e! W+ Y |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.
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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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# P/ s) g; i- m6 t8 DEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 C% R7 i* m8 E1 T. w. B0 A
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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.& P; w, G9 @+ ^
4 g" x- f3 J+ v* `9 ]5 k" ^, 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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