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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; Y7 ~2 ^/ ]" B" C: I
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1 J9 X9 }! _7 m- CWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM/ }2 u' R; F4 O: H, b5 s1 E9 G+ e+ U
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By The Canadian Press! E$ {' A& U" b! p! C: I: t) D+ m7 p
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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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2 g) q( j$ L7 @& N8 j- \6 K' cThe 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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j5 z1 H. Y4 H3 A9 C; x! wMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river./ p# f2 g0 e4 N8 y3 a5 @
3 v: }6 ?6 t+ E; g: l5 i% f& @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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