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4 X& l) k7 H8 s$ ^ HSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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0 `, [# c$ h5 ~2 T6 o3 yWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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, }- y# r3 D% O+ _4 SBy The Canadian Press
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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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0 I! w9 D$ E! y- X4 ?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." U$ ] m* H1 }# G4 g
" r* e! s- d( O1 yThe 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.
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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.3 _7 s2 A" ^2 @5 H
/ k" K P/ b IMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.4 x+ V/ u) [1 j$ k$ E# K
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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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