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# l% Q/ v. f) z. A$ X3 K- M: q# pSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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5 w8 Q1 q/ h# [. f! N$ FWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM3 S1 K- f; j" |! V
' s* A$ Q( @2 R* xBy The Canadian Press' x' I# ^( s& }1 ^
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# {# O" B+ h2 ?$ F! J4 Y4 S' cFORT 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.. Z, R5 c" b v( g1 p, V9 `6 [: |
3 }1 D; D* W; q4 @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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! }8 o8 V2 ~- i4 \) `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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& J6 L& A$ v4 x2 F% R$ I AEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. U0 v2 R4 O' s) j
# N- R+ c6 f3 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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3 S6 G% x2 C" D1 P( LThe 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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