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" K7 ?; s, T: [. H0 N: xSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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! h+ I3 K: |- k4 c" W/ J& pWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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6 n; b r( k( v7 |/ E8 N3 R, vBy The Canadian Press3 v! R3 K9 V2 C6 a
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) g7 {3 C1 V4 h9 O7 R& C$ z% q4 V* o& FFORT 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.. M( @; g, c" a, V: Y8 [
+ T* b3 b& o' ?. h3 TThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.6 z: v- E" d0 j9 h/ m4 z- y
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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.' W7 V# H9 A# E9 h: ?3 h+ ^
r# | [1 I/ q- `3 D2 x5 ?% REnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 C: d' T8 m- i0 @
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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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$ ~- T# S( Y5 ^" N% O; uThe 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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