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2 G0 _$ _6 f# t: GSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' P& h! `1 t) I7 z
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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) R$ Y. g- Q5 E7 H6 oBy The Canadian Press+ P b1 S! z6 C) w, o% C/ 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.* m; U; W/ A/ B; I. G) M4 e% X" d
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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.; h; T4 R: I/ A- D9 |
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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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9 R- x$ S/ @. P1 ?9 xEnvironment 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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6 f+ {7 [+ p! `; y, g3 @6 xMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.& n( i) M$ S3 ?3 G- P: E% g
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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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