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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# u+ l4 c: I* |6 O
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1 ~8 |. @8 s3 ?( x0 j! aBy The Canadian Press- R# z$ r0 f( k# I# S8 |5 B
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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.
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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., b, f4 M0 _: L& V- h/ W" U0 e
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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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: B L/ X5 o8 V6 YMcCabe 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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, p# a" R2 R# Y/ g3 q y$ bThe 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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