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! Y" X; Y1 m3 ^) ^+ v) wSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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# \9 T+ ^8 {5 Z! c e$ z9 O. X" rBy 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.2 L L7 N5 v9 e; l! q# v9 j
0 _" y* H) T/ [; G1 j: t, RThe 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.: \9 J- I6 `6 N6 K" w' M
( K, J7 Y8 U0 U! d1 }% z) o* c4 T9 iEnvironment 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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, _0 x8 [' G. E- `% u0 C( i) D3 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.1 N5 T Q) |8 c
, }3 d6 u- ]9 S. l5 @ OThe 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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