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5 E2 x4 D( b! W5 ^/ i0 `. }2 y8 p3 ^2 JSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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}1 h5 R, g% Q, VBy The Canadian Press9 n; c; S8 B/ P# V, P
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* @. _$ R) W+ M7 Y: u8 U0 oFORT 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.6 e* X# }) n1 p. P6 H
7 z7 \( S( }, tThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.( O9 L* S( }8 P3 d2 D
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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.. x, T; E" L7 i- `, I% h7 r& ] ^
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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.2 W1 A+ c8 q. E9 ]: I) D+ J$ {
' q: O5 ^! S. I8 q5 h. UThe 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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