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% S( H) z! y1 \8 ESuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press7 o" t. d2 U& o9 M0 N3 j. [) n9 B
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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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) G& t! k$ q- T2 n3 J1 qThe 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# V% a) n% v" z
s o9 _0 W/ q+ M0 M5 g2 VEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 P# N- u5 J. o, b: z. ]
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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.5 G" p; a. Q3 F* \" j
) f) B1 g3 t5 z0 wThe 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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