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- A. x o F8 u/ rSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ M0 o7 B$ s9 k$ S# D
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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9 m" z7 M8 T b/ t+ N3 s* ?( xFORT 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.
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7 ~' X2 C2 K+ x5 e1 g5 ?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.* a% r( T1 r( ~
1 X: Q1 L6 l1 U' |+ cEnvironment 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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/ y* W0 ?% T& QMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river." O4 J: w0 V" E" x
1 {) u0 u) O. P3 o% r7 D0 [1 `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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