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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river: f* v$ i, f: M
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. V4 s# S- v* q0 m3 J9 PWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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. E5 i8 n0 q3 W0 P' S: q! ? wBy The Canadian Press# B) _0 D0 S2 G$ O8 I
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( D c6 y0 R% p1 J& b$ xFORT 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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/ T. H. N$ o0 BThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.+ j: w; {, O3 t" k4 J) Z
" Y* S5 S$ \- a5 W9 k$ q" HThe 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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5 p5 a( F+ D6 j I/ F G8 rEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ k. j% v8 r' d! F' z$ P
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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.8 h8 ^0 C* ^+ j
5 c/ L) l- L9 g- 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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