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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 ]% Y$ s/ D5 T; |: [. R8 a8 e
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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0 g1 R0 P v9 z$ {. e# N5 HBy The Canadian Press
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4 E, j9 x8 E2 KFORT 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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( k) Y$ w* }$ Y WThe 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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5 D# L, @/ i+ |. Y { p- T5 V0 tEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.0 ~* U# z7 b5 x) {
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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.0 Q6 V& S7 E" L* m" {9 Q; ^
( [5 r8 A. k7 w/ k; `; mThe 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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