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, l- ~+ k" |+ S2 A" ~2 R. R% L! SSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 w( k3 g! |0 m, ^/ K& G6 B& h
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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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.
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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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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./ ~+ d7 g4 k2 I; H' {
6 j2 ^: t( Q; l2 e2 V9 HEnvironment 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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3 I* E* F' U# _; k2 h2 yMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.( G( E; ^$ m, [
8 @4 K7 k9 q5 B" ?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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