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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, {3 h; Z2 R% b& {, R$ \% q6 yBy The Canadian Press. x$ w. H7 W1 H
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# Z7 L7 H% H1 k# a: x6 TFORT 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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+ ~ r4 P0 g2 q0 ]- Y2 X8 JThe 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 ?4 n% X! S$ \2 p) e3 b. e
5 [! S* O* e0 N+ c8 b1 ZThe 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.( L$ X! g( a/ q' S* T
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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.
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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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0 H! Q& v# m) x2 O2 t% rThe 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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