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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' u& A9 o8 n, y& {( G, f( I5 I
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM' ?' l- g5 l7 w/ ^* h$ n
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By The Canadian Press p3 C1 V6 A3 ~1 g
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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.+ g6 j6 Z* A6 B% R) E
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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.; p, w4 p$ Q& g& o
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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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: I. A; X+ l7 z: I5 I* J. BEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.8 V/ x8 U2 E" v v6 z$ Z( A2 b
+ s8 P+ x) K8 F/ _ {, I' |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.. Y1 ?5 U' k* g* m( H
$ v+ c$ t2 }7 X! 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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