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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ D& j+ b. x3 X: E, `7 u# `
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, h9 a0 `2 d( K" ~
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By The Canadian Press- f4 }3 A2 @2 }7 f2 r" ?
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: b9 y4 M3 A5 f0 ]: X. yFORT 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.' b9 c7 c* ^' n$ |
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The 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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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.& N6 b" P1 r3 ~5 Y# C% g
2 F: g9 L1 f8 s7 y3 E2 OMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.- s3 g, G8 M! y# x
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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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