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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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* I" T( ]" _3 [, b9 DWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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/ @1 J. w7 V6 B9 @5 U& ~/ c' P* @( TBy The Canadian Press
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0 x5 v$ n" p" u# A, J* D1 \/ A3 UFORT 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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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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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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2 w! |9 N! |% B* ?2 p0 KMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river." r: A' f: O$ O v6 U* K, J
* x9 v1 y" Q. e% A9 P C% vThe 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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