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. i6 z$ h2 b( V" V3 T$ BSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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# Y* }5 w& g; F! K; y' y% pWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 a) m3 l2 [ ~# Y' E' A7 {$ j8 w5 E
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By The Canadian Press* P- B) c, E; w9 l4 t# 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.0 f; @/ I# m f6 N
( t9 A1 I. G! YThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.0 f' v8 J" v8 q. K+ q. T4 I( M% ^1 ~1 y
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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.; f5 a" T4 Z3 e
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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.
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0 \7 C8 \- ]* j# }3 eMcCabe 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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5 r- z! H7 s: R# d9 _4 FThe 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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