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$ X9 T3 R6 ^- J% e# U7 M( dSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 M* _7 E; }% D, {$ \; |
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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) q% a; L" p5 z& S* gBy The Canadian Press. b8 P; ?) \* Z( _5 e8 X) O
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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.
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0 K- F( h+ w# g6 s4 Z& U% }# ]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.) u) U1 r e9 L
2 ~; v. h( o# ^7 b: FThe 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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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.
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. L4 z! [+ v* K7 {, Z9 x3 N8 J {The 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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