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8 w* ?; R8 T$ ]# r) |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river: K6 ? N) @; i/ `) m- j
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM; I1 w( ]" a" S) Y) f1 y. Y
1 n! J, @4 a6 I0 xBy The Canadian Press- @. d9 n5 N9 y9 v0 e6 u3 m9 A
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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.7 c& V* U/ A* z" q/ |2 n a. Q( T
# L; x' M( I# e' _5 zThe 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 ^3 ^$ Z8 A% I+ F) h# d
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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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4 G0 M' w* e6 a. D/ k! NEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 r+ b" N' H1 M2 I+ n7 [; Y6 t8 r
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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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. i' M$ N1 L$ C! F9 n4 b2 YThe 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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