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: i! z" ~9 z o, ^2 n4 A# lSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river) r/ C( Z% k& A' o% V2 H( Z
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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: ^* Z$ H1 [& o9 T- L, OBy The Canadian Press/ T, B! Q6 D4 Z
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4 Y8 @) X, Y1 i$ G$ xFORT 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." R, i$ W# S& V V
9 \9 `: Q2 ?; gThe 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.
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`4 |' E* j* y; _' U& cMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.7 Y& W4 S& ^8 L4 o
/ d: H( X# p9 u8 b6 S. ^5 r' dThe 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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