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8 e& U/ p% A2 E4 B! \1 HSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press0 } f P- i# q! l$ x
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n g; T* _. f a, `. ?1 gFORT 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.% u9 o% @8 t2 c4 ~# U( A
" x' @2 ^! y' h. YThe 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.% T5 A6 k3 Z1 I( e) K. V' }
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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 \8 a5 U {! u: q& kMcCabe 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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; k& B( G, w- X- CThe 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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