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3 S4 `! O6 Q1 A" x2 _ TSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM8 r; X6 c( @4 P( ^
3 ?' _; v' R: S4 w& m, I; \) d; LBy The Canadian Press/ [% T) ]3 P8 c' n# W7 n( S8 j
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# J! t. F' d1 u4 Y; K1 c) M- h' s% IFORT 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.. E. J$ u f+ ~4 x: u0 A9 @
$ Z6 c, F2 c4 V, wThe 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 l. q$ H4 ?5 E, f3 ^/ s6 V
2 d, ~& k0 G( oThe 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.% a9 _& K% ?" _1 M3 {. @/ ]% _! N
3 I$ x2 A+ T6 { K' [Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.0 L' S& \1 D0 m$ j
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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." t8 N/ e$ L1 `
2 Q% q6 J; B2 ]% H4 ?7 | GThe 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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