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( ^+ `: |" h- y! J. xSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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" V5 c3 s6 ^8 x/ WWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press# p- ]- @$ e) ^4 q. Y- p( A5 c8 k
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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.0 I9 A) t, J! G4 s- F
. C( v2 f7 P6 `/ JThe 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 O7 Q+ @. B" W& U$ p) l" U
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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.' j1 D2 X! N# ~) T/ G' N: B: k
- `% M6 }8 {* o% KEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River. t1 q/ L' [1 l8 ~
% `8 c v+ J# j: ^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.1 {, v, O Q0 j0 ]/ } a
+ S/ f/ ~/ l4 H' W" rThe 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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