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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; \( W* e$ @0 a) z+ E; _& k0 O
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% n1 t- j, r" o# bBy The Canadian Press w7 J5 f8 d3 @1 j" f
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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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6 w! x* @# S" P# I5 O* }7 W2 JThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.1 p0 e: O* ?) @3 h
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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.& N6 X4 m: c' ]# E b: h4 K$ {
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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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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./ v. r; i4 ?4 f7 H4 d) B) a1 [4 ]
) K, F1 w5 j8 W6 eThe 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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