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8 J$ y, v M; S |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! b' ?' c6 m% T9 o4 k0 l' g
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press! \" S! K4 v4 S/ V( `$ W
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G3 A9 {1 P* R9 P8 ]; I. S9 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.( {5 V7 L+ D6 Z0 N( @8 b
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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.1 g* W5 S2 s9 Y) M, @, Z P
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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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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.; h6 X4 R( X4 b- I' o! V- q
# L( d1 H1 S; z: K. N& CThe 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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