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" ?9 k) L5 E( h( y- w5 CSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# ^1 V% `1 _" R/ Z
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By The Canadian Press
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! {- B$ [6 @- B$ `3 n6 }3 ^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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4 z+ Q6 @ T6 R% iThe 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.
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5 G( C4 \- A6 u. q, ?: qEnvironment 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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- h1 K S- ~$ A0 v9 QMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.) Q0 `" e2 T7 r! d7 o1 ~
( ]% k4 {# ?, ~; a1 ]. r7 Z7 lThe 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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