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0 y6 J3 D6 [3 V+ J' l% F! ~Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' Y( l% M2 n1 I
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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, @" V% w O3 w% r6 ^+ f( `; p3 \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.9 ~" ?. k/ v4 _2 B* ^
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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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1 Q: { p) o. ]/ }5 p5 ~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./ y0 V) g Y2 ~. w
0 x$ P- f$ O- p# {$ C1 ]: HEnvironment 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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! ?9 F! d% `# _* W F2 PMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.
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/ N5 A2 ^! l0 t, t4 E# U" A/ a! wThe 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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