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- `3 U' J3 q% d( r$ x3 @7 RSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 E' B" L( t& |4 ~( Y
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press5 w$ w3 u" M [: E! N o
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( l1 W4 o" N9 S; n5 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.0 q; u8 P4 o3 n
* b5 {2 v; H; j. q5 ^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./ ]# c# [( h; m5 R: ?% A* Q; V$ ?
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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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0 M/ Z5 o2 s; s7 e$ wEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 B. I. N* L; R [/ c+ D9 |
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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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8 r( ~( X H6 IThe 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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