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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, N5 W( e9 {! L9 _, z" h+ z6 V
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM& k! V3 j# G/ ~0 [
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By 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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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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# v. g0 w. Z( m. @; SThe 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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5 C t, v5 J6 q/ W" f p7 `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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1 {% q4 r6 @0 v5 e" t9 NMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river., u: }7 \' `5 f4 Z" ~: O+ k2 B
3 I& C& I* D i H, W; GThe 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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