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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% c) E5 b0 y3 I' t
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8 }8 d" Z+ C: Q ?! D/ FWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& B6 {. q+ B5 g: c0 ?( w
; ?4 B( b: w% yBy The Canadian Press% K( t+ K; I, Y; B, H
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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.. q, p8 ?" y$ \; a; R/ i7 ?
: i1 R# E% c/ b5 ?: G1 h& eThe 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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! u. ]3 b) k7 \8 W ], h% WThe 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.
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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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& g# J+ K" d0 B) M* K+ ~( tThe 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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