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) ^$ N+ H8 N2 Q4 K/ H" kSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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6 b% T: Z: }) W/ GBy The Canadian Press3 l/ g6 c9 n( d! E) F
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. v1 z9 j& }5 ^# W( n) f9 ]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.7 ~2 J7 d: O2 L# |% M& S
! G: J' B1 a% ~& g% o' ]( {8 ]) c5 DThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.' B9 e! G+ c% `7 t& y% D1 k
0 R, b+ T+ L1 T; ^8 x: z: HThe 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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- u. }5 X- q1 J/ p. `* zEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.; g T) G) j# s( ]& j k7 p2 l0 h0 q
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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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9 C" U+ E4 J" `3 _ s( _/ O7 {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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