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$ W7 A4 m7 \- K/ m. K; B' G6 e$ DSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM% t% P/ W0 ]: l+ X1 l+ [
& X9 r" {& W" {) Q% }% w. DBy The Canadian Press' X2 x+ {: m' u u) `
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: R. v. h3 ~5 I" 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.
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3 E5 L1 ]+ \9 a5 u/ h5 OThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.! d- A1 a+ T9 J0 E
' `/ V) l9 j/ x5 @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.& S4 v. [& Z# Z# v; s/ [9 p5 {
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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.5 O. F4 Z E/ n3 B4 t
. l6 F# y7 R2 t; I; A8 e7 W# OThe 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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