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" V8 F$ P' l) h, z- }" `- S6 r ^/ g- ~Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ Z$ J; f- ^. l7 Q& C. w
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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: O. R* Y$ C' i" bBy The Canadian Press
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! ~* r a% h: S! U2 lFORT 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 h3 Q8 |9 ^% F5 l: F2 P( DThe 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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" x, ]9 r. F/ }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.
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3 l" k+ M8 i+ C, M/ H2 FMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.. m" C: U5 ^0 H Z
) Y* v. M; y# V+ B9 ]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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