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- R9 }, F6 U3 pSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river1 {0 T v1 _" z7 S
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press
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* ^' M6 G* p. H: IFORT 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.# i0 J: A- k# c- _0 F7 @0 L
7 J9 K1 Z( ~3 u, Z$ o" YThe 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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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.0 f" H6 k3 M& i: q
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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.! c5 x8 O/ [0 y% u: L
3 S8 ^$ p5 D/ M8 z* A q; a1 ]% ~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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