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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 Q+ f/ C R. p- h
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM c7 L6 \/ M5 t# r
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By The Canadian Press! F! r3 p, h4 S; f9 y; h4 t
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6 _, e& U5 q2 {8 \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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. J) l5 [5 q- H Q. X% |) }! ?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 t' {# m5 e W ?
3 i% x/ E* z% a( A9 @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." I& c. B* U" @ U- t4 R
8 @, O3 p5 ~8 d( v! ]4 O0 vEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.9 i* ]; W# @3 S2 @
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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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# B) @5 }4 N Y% M( w1 ] V4 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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