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v8 ~+ U3 S+ ~1 ySuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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" Q2 `# e+ Z" e1 s( W% a6 CBy The Canadian Press
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q. y) D7 C/ x/ sFORT 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./ ?, u8 y) E# [! s: B2 c6 @0 u
+ G" r6 `- W2 h* A2 Z+ AThe 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.& P- _) ^, A# w. ^) s" p+ P7 D6 C
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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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" p" g! h1 O9 HThe 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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