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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% Q/ f% v3 w4 H: O" E
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W" P; s+ A1 h0 p3 x$ H9 jWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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* F% U r$ {. ]6 W' q1 H; N- }& N5 rBy The Canadian Press* ^# K# S2 g) e* A7 }5 Y
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2 K: c, {" A5 s- X$ O% G8 Q% C3 jFORT 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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3 G5 w+ b( L! R$ \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.+ N5 ?. u" i5 I* b: h
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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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Environment 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 P2 ~& I; z, [: N- gMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.- E3 U. m) H8 p6 o" K
u+ h4 V | p3 r' S& x5 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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