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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 V" D$ v2 B+ J9 G* T) K8 t4 }" N
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5 ^: E& y" j3 j. KWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press: G! o3 Q, A1 {2 j- a; L
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# ]: D3 G2 q- L. qFORT 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." D7 ?7 | c/ h) g6 `: X
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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.
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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.& O8 \ q3 _. a/ J q, C
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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.# C$ t U# }7 q' O' C* d% c
2 [5 D2 o, |, H" H4 VMcCabe 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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" o4 A8 J9 O4 t j+ k$ {5 LThe 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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