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8 k4 C8 O: F+ }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 ^" q; @0 t/ N4 R1 hWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press$ }8 a: C: d6 n7 @: N$ K9 [9 p: I6 B+ w
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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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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.+ k' E& t% c4 |/ c4 \5 H0 G7 u
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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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. v) |* D, B8 o3 R( v7 QEnvironment 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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; [% v, F5 r) QMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.1 y8 d, f+ k& @/ ~, h4 w# o
( C: h) I6 _/ Q. AThe 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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