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0 @. i# d- K7 y$ kSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 B+ D7 D& u9 g/ |
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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g! g/ w. ` Q4 P6 UBy The Canadian Press$ X( }- H, Q1 o% g( ]; c; g6 D# \
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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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2 X4 q6 p/ s+ x# [: R5 }4 \) `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.7 I! g! ]6 p1 z) ^# ]
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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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& e3 J) {4 [2 U) h+ T' @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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