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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 `# ?0 @) S/ M C+ Q" ~
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press' J7 V* ?' A6 b# m0 _
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: E$ ]5 L( b; U/ u4 [! H7 D! T2 \) yFORT 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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3 g' _, a: o/ U! t. J2 t3 d' ^6 z% CThe 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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H( m. T1 Z# Z* I! r: _Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.6 l8 a; Z l3 G I6 m; |; i- ?
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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.
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9 L* ?- O, ?' A5 Q! C% b ]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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