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$ U+ k: R! c' A" ESuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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4 ~4 x. w0 o; Y1 W7 u7 Y5 HWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 Y( W3 l) ^+ {7 O
1 Z- E# L6 I. {4 U( u9 uBy The Canadian Press& T: g) C' |& E6 `8 v5 P8 t
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$ g& q7 O0 Y; b5 L7 ^& _: G/ UFORT 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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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.3 }, G+ P' {" l V
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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.
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. f9 E- Q% |$ m' B1 g3 M6 [Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 R8 Y# ~4 _/ u1 w! A6 p% `
! a7 q+ [( w, ^$ m$ C9 WMcCabe 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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; n# I! j/ n1 r# r7 k. ?# D nThe 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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