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4 j0 j! E( B9 g4 D5 `+ }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press
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3 \# o1 _. ~. [/ M# J* D6 j. }* _0 z) wFORT 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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7 F/ _4 r* ~; \+ p1 ]! C3 k) 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.
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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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( m% J5 m1 f7 j% G: w3 h7 m2 g+ LEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ O. ^! ], G. ]6 Y. X+ t/ P
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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.1 f w% E: X' Z' C% i+ u9 G, w
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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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