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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river H/ E+ y! q+ F1 E9 f
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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1 i$ v7 _1 E. W% Q5 Q0 z" z2 [2 HBy 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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. B, `1 y: |. [9 B* c7 i/ o) X6 M6 }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." s! W! [4 b* t" }7 n3 ?. k
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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.
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7 @* l2 T: x( R$ g cEnvironment 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.8 J3 I5 m6 m0 C# y& m5 ~
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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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