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2 r3 N+ m5 \/ J0 l7 E y! j, rSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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! W; v8 H4 M$ |( aBy The Canadian Press/ h6 i& I5 c1 l8 B: i* K* B; I
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* e/ V% h' u5 T, J) c. Y: J- c! 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.3 g( l! B! J0 n0 J/ R+ K$ r
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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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" b: s! r( S2 `/ C" {2 V& p: ]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.
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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.
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3 N% l$ ^7 p; I$ ~$ R FMcCabe 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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9 O3 _* N4 L! P& E+ C" n3 _ M+ X% tThe 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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