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. i* F( z# I0 Q, J3 D1 eSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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# @! \/ r% g: nBy The Canadian Press
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$ K, i3 s8 R: M" YFORT 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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; }2 T* x1 J8 v+ }" N/ |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.* S! A# M: n" L" ^% [/ h7 G- C
/ M9 C# i! _! a. g, o- C5 [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.. Y% p# j) B6 ^: Z, C
I' M+ Z1 N. C$ | mThe 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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