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6 V- H: b9 l8 o* K) |* x' S9 J0 oSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# u+ q" t3 P) L% ~; ]: u
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" i, s+ S& X; t8 cWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 ]/ I; m' h. N8 J+ L4 aBy The Canadian Press& S, ~4 k7 E$ |+ R
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& {5 h/ S4 `* `) fFORT 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.. G; ]4 {5 i% Z7 T1 U1 N3 l
, S* q( z, z" H. XThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.& F. v! _0 O1 U. @& T' Q4 W6 B
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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.# p6 I+ o& A! [& \* m/ ]
5 w9 n. ?6 M" F3 N3 { e7 v* [, j( pEnvironment 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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7 b @2 Q5 X* M. P: t/ T5 [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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: b. J5 y/ T I$ i6 V) s, x+ X) IThe 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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