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' z( ~2 N9 Y2 r3 D- Q3 m9 TSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 D$ q `( `- |
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4 j+ I: `0 M8 @5 V* I& AWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM e1 ]; b& @$ B# S ]
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By The Canadian Press
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7 }% }+ [7 c( I+ u0 I% bFORT 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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. X! D3 Y& G/ eThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.8 x4 l# E/ G# k' Q0 ^7 E* c3 K
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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.- r# Z, B1 I2 K6 F2 Z6 Z/ V5 a0 v
, l1 v8 H1 ]& i4 C5 LEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 b8 n7 }4 R; o$ U' A5 v
' {' u9 B( }9 j- y- p7 @" u7 gMcCabe 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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# k2 E" k: B" y% h& r5 Y- K, 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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