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! v$ m6 s$ g( vSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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: s8 f; Z& I& m( y7 GWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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# o) N; I/ I9 A4 ~( [* |By The Canadian Press4 ^4 `5 Q* E% q' [& \' O" [
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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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* B$ B4 r9 F: ]1 ~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.6 Q1 {" k* U0 \
5 X; j) D ~% S0 ~% G5 H( N% Y7 hThe 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.* c- e2 R; A. T* `
; F# k! m& Y+ I9 hEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.
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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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, L1 W( G+ p' e# {" W0 D; 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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