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" q! q; N: ]9 l' t: GSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, ~% D0 N, o P4 H8 ~ k& n
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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1 p8 @/ @3 E3 d& ^) H7 zBy The Canadian Press+ r0 m9 k0 s& P4 G, n9 L
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! F3 W! A4 N0 u/ w# K- C' _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./ A% O0 F" g" l! N, h7 e
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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.
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/ A3 X- G& h% v, B0 E# h3 a: q. z1 yThe 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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