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T9 p$ b( [& p9 k# h6 uSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! p1 H4 C5 e8 U6 {9 Z0 I: Y3 D
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press0 b* h, k( b, y% \
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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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' _1 P8 \) {) e9 J! Q. R1 xThe 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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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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+ s3 j2 [: n% |8 X6 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.
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6 m8 d+ v9 q3 D! F6 t- C- EThe 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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