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: i R: S4 L% xSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 ~9 y' `( ~( b2 _* e7 y: A1 }
9 p$ f% s8 i0 k I9 S) s6 X& e+ g* EBy The Canadian Press
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8 f; R, u9 M, UFORT 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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4 J1 |3 `1 f/ N% nThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.* R, D5 Q, T$ h6 {/ i$ T) Q8 \
; N. |' z8 i; R0 V0 Q& eThe 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.+ j* X# W& w& n' J
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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." P0 R! x0 I, ? o) \2 {
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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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