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7 X9 x) K$ K3 ~+ _) G, ESuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press: Y9 k d9 i, C$ E" S
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0 v& K, ~7 M& Z* JFORT 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.4 K# _& J' u i' t0 P" C; ]3 F
7 K: ]0 B& e2 x/ q3 p; b! QThe 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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. s, [4 k2 G( ^8 w7 y" [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.% H" G# f' S! {( t D" A5 l7 B
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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.4 K9 F! P& V& N$ u9 V" }
2 u9 v! v$ N% L& v5 O+ j$ 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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