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, d+ u8 h; i: iSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& @8 k! W$ r1 V2 R
. s9 {, r! a7 B( v* a, YBy The Canadian Press" h0 e9 \, E+ u+ U8 ?) |1 j
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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./ w: U* ~9 N( l0 ^& k
" t! }: N9 a& w7 K6 @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.! `1 D" c9 t7 D9 g; a
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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.6 B, ?4 L y' t1 l I1 @, |
. W) y( v* Z4 v4 l% T" |$ oEnvironment 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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- N. z/ s5 D) ^; h% PMcCabe 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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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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