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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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9 u4 f- s! a2 h- u zWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, q3 l* ]% K9 M& ^! kBy The Canadian Press8 g9 K8 S ^6 G7 q
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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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( a6 W7 B7 Y+ _( H7 ]- j3 mThe 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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. d9 `9 ?: n3 A9 g* h: h; lThe 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.$ m4 x* k2 Z9 a/ q; o6 ?; T
8 Z! R' B0 s6 v- |$ V2 ZEnvironment 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.2 E+ }1 t3 _! F$ d
G" k0 S0 ~$ {5 n4 [9 IThe 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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