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* b! }5 a. l/ V7 w, g: h/ RSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 [' D7 _: U" k: h( F& L- U# o& ~
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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; E6 n' R% b0 G5 b' f/ ?By The Canadian Press6 y0 U0 B) T/ _9 Z
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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., y, ?: T% S/ e5 v( e$ n4 T
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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.& b x5 V# C3 ^* k" v
+ H" N: q* |# M$ N/ f( A" BThe 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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0 g8 ~ Q& F/ z% w9 Q& C! { E6 GEnvironment 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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0 Q% r% \0 A5 i6 jMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.- L) M6 f. g: l' k! L
; w5 ?/ ]7 h( r0 QThe 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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