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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, z& ^% H1 a- {) o1 i
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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" }) L% q) Z4 q$ {By The Canadian Press
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* q6 M. @1 p0 @4 oFORT 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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0 r7 B3 G1 p7 D& w5 ?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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o9 G2 ?& L1 ?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.2 o1 V5 s7 k- i1 O* y( x) l n
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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.2 Y ^% Y' i% {) f7 g# M$ G% t' K
! r% f/ U- M' MMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.$ a: Q" h! f% B- Y* U, ^- }
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The 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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