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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; S g6 c) d9 C0 u
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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; ~( a# m( t/ b9 p' _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.2 p2 H2 X% a1 v& q1 K
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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.
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5 q8 E/ _: A+ W+ b9 G2 ~4 y2 x$ L) AThe 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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Environment 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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% {/ r, H. \" i' m9 W! | e X" i7 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.9 N M X, @+ l5 P
( N3 L5 U% f! d; L5 n* gThe 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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