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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! w, U# E; P+ Z# E, G( d+ Q4 H
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) d# `2 Y0 w& ^) m9 G& MWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 |8 |- |1 F: J" v6 j3 OBy The Canadian Press. }2 K R; `3 z- p
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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.
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6 |- U8 A% m/ z1 \$ S2 mThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.% i% i9 W/ S w& [; r( 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.! A7 L" b* J: @1 N# }, b
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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.! ^* A3 O1 U( V0 ?
. ^ Z+ i+ I& Z) _The 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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