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v7 {2 t2 [7 r. Q' x' e# W- NSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ I# `* P, o; p; M% d0 h
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+ u; c, W* p MWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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By The Canadian Press, T# J% J8 ^8 t3 [7 f
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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./ Z0 x' R" N2 {, `
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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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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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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./ k. ~9 x5 u7 f" E
( U0 v2 y$ E8 c- M1 g+ }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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