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; A5 f2 c) V, s( {$ WSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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' d7 u3 \/ r2 `1 Q- {: FBy The Canadian Press, F. ^! @! x+ a& v
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' Y( G' B/ r7 @. xFORT 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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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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' | F s- u- O; }9 ]/ TThe 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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/ z8 [: |( ~# F, Z# fEnvironment 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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& ^7 i" L# Y5 S% O9 s3 e& x |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.3 H. l h4 U6 G" K' `* I$ x. O
$ I" \- x* Z1 L' y1 q. qThe 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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