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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river. g n! r! \: u. O
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* b, P9 N9 {! Z8 f, l) EWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, V1 S8 O$ R: j- o# J
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By The Canadian Press% W2 D ?- ^" M: R7 H
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3 v* ~& ?1 _# c- FFORT 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.8 s4 e ~% B4 u0 r- ]) U5 ~
' s" T6 P' S3 Q, ~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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! }1 X6 \3 v$ H+ _: ~( X, @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.4 \+ T* A3 t* S- M" u$ j
8 o2 B1 d- G% P, r0 q( v) EEnvironment 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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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." K1 D9 f J0 K4 i* Z5 X0 U
# w' X2 e# {. `$ U2 S5 HThe 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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