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- \8 R& T) b; g" dSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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6 f* P" a1 e3 q( ?By The Canadian Press" F; G% Q) A3 e; g6 B% U
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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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7 g; X" T% u E. Z4 @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.
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7 q4 c# Z- l9 }/ h _Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.6 `& E9 T1 B# U* M: [) {
. k" b3 G! {2 Z( G8 G+ TMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river., o; j: f1 l6 }: s% O ?0 Q& f6 p
2 Z& z! I+ O9 V: w% x* p) 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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