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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# R% W* p \ c! w/ k
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2 h+ o! S% r' QWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press$ ~, J* `# |% R; R" h( r
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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.
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6 U* d. i0 _" ]( P" W# p% ~$ {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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4 ?- B" c, ?# X3 Y5 _0 bThe 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.8 m7 i E* n3 c0 O. H1 x$ K5 P
/ ? M8 ^7 Z( N/ ~2 [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.1 J8 a, n6 v5 g0 m# T, R/ m, B0 l
0 R! o. C, B0 n* b e. t' 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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