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2 i6 `8 U' K; b* |' XSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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4 i( z" P8 o% Y4 P5 z. m, | b% n: AWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press- @4 y# V& C# O
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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.3 v* p/ ~1 v9 K1 H8 Q
' E. H5 s; V, Y4 y) x# [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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( ?8 E* f( O4 |6 {1 y5 m7 t# hThe 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.$ d q4 f1 r" C8 Z8 L
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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.
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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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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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