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4 X" E; ^. @" J, X0 |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 M. g( \: r7 P' V" `
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: S* w$ {$ W, k2 R' v3 ]; N* HBy The Canadian Press. ^3 M; _* |, \7 Q. Z. u+ h" }
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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.2 C2 X& e3 [2 `& x3 L1 B7 u: _
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The contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.6 x4 `) j2 c1 m8 P
7 e) b6 ]( Q% Y+ I0 g# \3 RThe 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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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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3 n8 l( }3 R, _" p5 SMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.+ ?( C3 a- v1 Y8 M" k
( N2 v$ T9 U; D8 K1 a2 xThe 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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