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+ I6 ^3 C) {1 J1 r* tSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 \9 L- g! I' Y+ B+ _4 N
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9 z. A( G9 J. DWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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. S3 F8 e. k1 h8 x# t% Q0 jBy The Canadian Press) Q6 r+ z2 E$ Q5 a/ X; z: S" O+ E
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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.# [6 b! }! w3 f! _) Q9 m: W7 a
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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.& [, L3 j" \6 s# [
- p( X+ H$ m) T3 Q6 `; G) B- @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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h* r6 x0 M9 d" a/ m3 ~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.0 j4 C, T: b% g" l; i6 a% m5 S' Z+ [& ]
) `. j" ~: y1 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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