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' s; S2 A7 a# W8 r: WSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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* N4 Q/ ^ J/ V& T9 W) w; HWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press) b0 n, b& ^ Y5 t0 w* C
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; }, _% A" m, z/ RFORT 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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H: m2 F. X2 dThe 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.. _- H: v) I% `% p: n' `6 O2 ^. \/ Y+ s
`$ a5 V: Y) O! c) i/ tEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 t4 i- ?& }1 c! A
6 u( V8 p% M( Z3 W4 r) I7 U6 u6 eMcCabe 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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' o, A: W( f+ K0 ]6 z" k6 FThe 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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