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- r! R" I7 P0 w0 aSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 A: z: W/ k5 [. Y. B
9 l% \" b' A4 r( \# z# |, b3 X2 eBy The Canadian Press2 w4 [8 m- n0 l6 m: o9 v
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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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, Q7 m; j5 K F1 J9 `- E: N7 IThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.) P( m2 ?" A2 n$ o# G4 i$ x8 d7 B; ~
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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.; Y7 _. y8 }5 U8 ]8 F, a! v8 B# Y+ e
' b0 }! r5 w5 _ b+ z. I, G3 `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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! w5 _0 t% C' D. yMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.* R B0 ]; _$ j7 h
6 K1 ^4 m" `1 a/ bThe 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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