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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* M8 ]; A1 K. h# h3 h
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM, p9 w& P) ? n$ n
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By The Canadian Press
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0 D( e& H' H" x2 K# I9 n. m4 CFORT 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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: k0 n# z$ r( ]0 MThe 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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; {+ O$ y: D- p& bThe 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.2 |. j! G0 {) h2 v$ |1 e+ G
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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. c. N, C Q2 ^5 U. T! R9 t
b9 [0 g$ r& }0 _) g! ?, dMcCabe 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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+ V2 \7 ^6 S a X! ^( t* ?" 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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