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( B) ?" _) Z5 D YSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM: S y4 W. }/ ^' S3 G% k* v# n) k2 y7 y
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By The Canadian Press
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- w( j5 E2 H" g4 }2 R0 p; \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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* V( @$ q- s5 U# nThe 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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7 x2 O6 M; c8 Z6 E' eThe 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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6 Q6 W4 |- j ?9 @# A* Q2 sEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. Z; _8 W& c0 ?% l: i
; y( {3 g( R5 g4 `: |* oMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.' I4 S* _; W5 b; N- R; {
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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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