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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" e9 @$ _# {; |
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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$ {+ s/ M. V: K* f: b. A: C" CBy The Canadian Press
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( p$ p4 K% R+ R2 ]# @, x. 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.- V- q" A+ a! ]( t2 i
: L+ c# o' V* T* X- v* e! LThe 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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2 W7 d7 |0 T: q. L2 RThe 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." _; b% I1 q$ f
@5 D4 b) x' d* C& REnvironment 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 A" c; w7 ~3 o( Z7 W
2 p3 D# l: [, a# e' f+ O5 X+ I4 C# TThe 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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