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; Z' r q) J" n4 g% M* F8 V" F, _! YSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press
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8 |+ [, I& ~. 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.2 Y9 f1 x5 [# n
$ ^( w$ l' U2 ?7 |7 SThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.( g- L3 d* _: V; u2 K" q5 o& M5 w
$ ~/ t C! {$ D4 I* vThe 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.5 n3 k3 O# u. [3 O( [; Q/ {
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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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6 a; ~3 F: Y! j% IMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.$ l8 L, P$ p2 l: }' _ a% A
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The 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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