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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ Z( L0 ]8 w+ m& F9 r
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM1 t. @" L' w- L" m
$ y a, ~1 r1 M9 GBy The Canadian Press) x- ?5 z c1 T, c
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1 o, R6 n2 J5 P' Y0 U; H# m9 JFORT 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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: i% ^1 E- ~0 h" {8 C, L/ y( `, xThe 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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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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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.
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7 W1 I+ w9 l6 hThe 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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