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3 h( Z ~0 ]. V0 S8 {+ V$ ySuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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$ j' V( I3 H* m3 ^Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press0 }+ H: j3 V8 F' I% u3 h
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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./ c8 i" {3 {5 A/ I
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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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0 }) a8 X; g: bThe 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.$ r8 N, C- A, ` v
$ ]3 g9 S9 s! B9 v gEnvironment 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.0 r* ^+ r( r& p) c9 ^( p: N
" y2 _/ e7 t, v+ a* ?' d+ z3 S3 RThe 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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