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: \& H+ O% g) D2 ~; D( aSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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( V# o' t( ~. i# ?0 QBy The Canadian Press/ R$ h7 e( ~0 _* T
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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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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.
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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.) D( u+ A9 I( o/ p5 e9 d
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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.4 {; w8 T& L" R8 [) j% r/ Y. c7 i" X
2 n! k0 h- G$ L" L$ j; 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.
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( @+ j, d) P8 R' b! L0 l6 dThe 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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