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: o- O1 J' y0 D& w& G' r1 V' kSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 G2 Q4 r3 H2 g2 U
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& T) t' u( m5 ~$ Z* H- c( QWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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& z$ V s5 [3 f; Y1 X4 C4 |, k) hBy The Canadian Press. v3 K! ?# Q1 q" _$ M
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# b% F7 H J6 C: l! w7 YFORT 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." f$ U0 p z4 `
6 s5 R' [/ F# T+ |6 w. Y/ BThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.# f* {6 ^& U$ j, }2 y! M
: r0 }; o4 [% C( @* o7 ZThe 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.' A4 L; ~/ w8 }1 p) U
0 B0 U2 v$ b! j( R7 a( k& KEnvironment 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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, k6 w; } }, X1 `$ H" dThe 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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