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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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- [* q- ^& K& m+ z2 l+ w8 LWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM5 Z! Y5 ?7 y/ F7 A$ t, [1 J4 @6 @
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By The Canadian Press! ^9 b; r7 z# f8 L( j
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# b; i% X& b B& ~4 @, ~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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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.4 h4 U! n- B7 e: C
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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.8 k( i: T5 w! ^+ O& x' ]
6 ~# q% ]$ u/ o( l5 o! E1 h# uEnvironment 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.8 G5 K& J, ]2 f! t! {
9 E( }$ E: f, f9 j+ f5 z8 Q# V7 _The 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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