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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 t6 B4 w7 x# L3 g7 G
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8 Z3 k" z- F1 p8 y- p* VWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 ]& F# q6 o+ q9 x, S4 N
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By The Canadian Press
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* K' `1 J3 X, j! ~$ J8 qFORT 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.% r# I# W4 t2 I+ G& G6 \3 @
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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.
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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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; O2 Y. W3 y: J ~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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! t9 H9 Y' _+ g5 ~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.! \ c- Z8 @8 x* p+ ?9 ?
3 T! C6 F a+ c' f9 u! V- c. V9 g: QThe 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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