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8 j; }8 d& ~. T% b# [Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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4 ^8 j. b$ ^1 r7 V rWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM# \ w( q6 n4 x8 e
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By The Canadian Press
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% c! h3 k' K# _, J) J1 `/ `! |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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r U- q6 c5 o+ y$ ] c9 j+ vThe 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" ?( F8 l7 Q* w1 i) XEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.6 l [( Q, b$ v0 y/ ~( U4 I
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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.* \' L9 {3 L& d! g( E) X
- e* g9 n9 j/ FThe 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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