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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 u: A+ s& O: c
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' L; H* I) u2 `- ~. _5 BWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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$ O( o) Q# ]4 e q1 K: {9 D! l9 RBy The Canadian Press
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& f2 J9 Z6 H9 k/ H! }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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2 e; k2 R; h( {! T6 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.: D8 ^: k) v( ?. V, [/ x: u8 R& H
* h) K+ ]* |& S" r! JMcCabe 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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4 }7 ~9 [6 l$ `. a KThe 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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