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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ C. W5 l4 D3 |: L/ V
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* j% w1 p. F4 ^: u+ g7 yWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press1 i- R" \3 n2 c* {$ i! q. V
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, R7 C7 U& W; D9 `. p( RFORT 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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9 K: V7 @ g2 B9 z5 a# d1 Q2 S& |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./ l6 }& M2 Z7 K( _9 Z5 `
/ I9 p6 M6 n& \0 g7 ?& u iEnvironment 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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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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4 }6 W4 Z. B/ x' w' G: f, HThe 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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