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6 o" A$ J& F1 q$ }+ u: YSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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) T4 F" t0 B* |Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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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.1 T7 p) h% @7 O6 }4 p; K
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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.
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" u! _' R; w% ^, p4 ?/ E* BThe 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.2 p$ A A1 n& T5 F
) I/ Q' }% m2 v% ?7 REnvironment 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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6 @9 W1 s$ K' }0 Q1 jMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.1 ?$ [ N3 X! \0 t* ]
6 @ ~1 C [- i' _, B8 LThe 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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