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1 ?4 O0 R5 r3 @0 `$ M: A! x, ySuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 Q& R4 A) u; b3 Y. o' p1 s7 O
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press6 t: |# k( f: I( {- K4 V4 U
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2 T. ~1 w$ m1 X$ l3 o" AFORT 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.! y5 [; z9 D# S7 S
+ C! F* i B& u8 P2 pThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.% R( ~- L7 z/ f
6 \ G" S1 N. D0 w) lThe 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.+ S. c9 T# i: `/ ^! t" q
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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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8 r" H+ ~7 P9 s) I( h) AMcCabe 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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& q2 U2 v- `$ 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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