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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river: s' J# g1 y) ~/ |
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$ \4 y1 Z9 a( c+ D! j+ XWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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2 n/ g3 Q# b/ r# |6 e1 N$ tBy The Canadian Press: ]6 g7 M- [' I/ i) D6 Q
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3 z h, B* Q8 u/ }; [$ P7 g( eFORT 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.: G1 h3 ] J9 a; W) R) M
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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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# ~- p) p' U8 A2 E6 ]' O! 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.
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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.0 d4 H' Q) P4 w l
& d/ N9 v5 t Y$ u$ IThe 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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