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* p3 O! b% b& T3 kSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 x+ Y" J% f! M2 l! WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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; w# q1 W/ I0 X" d% D' J+ DBy The Canadian Press
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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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% X# }& U/ }4 @, `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.! ?" _, p$ W5 _- r4 p9 \3 Q8 S
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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.# l! l* k9 k; \9 K& x; [/ d2 F; v+ Y
* @$ i A" \1 c1 `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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- ^ O4 Q- g7 Z5 F# Y: f* R% V: b5 VThe 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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