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/ o! p4 F3 q& e- V) q! u/ m iSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* G" y1 b! i: r& S3 C. Y J( c' m
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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.
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$ K* B/ P: M. t6 P1 [$ a8 cThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 M( j) g7 S/ f) \$ L1 k9 ~
# V; f6 E9 c4 ?; E* iThe 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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6 ?/ _- ~4 d: k# S8 i; uEnvironment 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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% C- L( b% s1 l1 ]2 e' o/ v5 K/ ?8 n* 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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