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% u, I% i0 c7 t& M) b0 E' PSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river% K* P% R+ v3 n. {
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1 g6 k# I3 _- n7 yWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 ]8 R; g" ~! F! d! M7 |
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By The Canadian Press
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, i o/ |) e$ [5 gFORT 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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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.+ d- C3 j+ V- B4 |; m* v1 l7 Y
5 L9 X% w& S. ]1 @" n3 r* Y6 {1 ?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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- ]6 u: t9 A1 C0 YEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.6 `. }! H- u: T2 X9 n& X
2 N9 f! }! ~0 \) NMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.
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c* W. p7 L8 D; v* F6 _- |5 PThe 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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