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, ~2 o. d [6 ?% L) ESuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM/ Z1 i7 v. L4 [/ a8 k
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By The Canadian Press0 G; G1 Y0 ~( j2 s `8 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.
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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.! x" M0 I2 n& q+ f0 \5 H
- N% r1 N8 f* G0 J: c' uEnvironment 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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4 o2 a! C" l" k5 S, b; O' ^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.& e4 ^( b& V$ g% C# M t- \4 _
( U- B8 I: I% _! {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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