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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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s& G4 X7 _4 h; DBy The Canadian Press+ P/ J# ^+ I5 ?$ G
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& e6 ^9 M1 }) }! [ MFORT 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.* G- }/ }/ w* m( H) M
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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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+ j: J P/ M$ x1 S: z3 b# KThe 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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. C$ z+ j# ]2 e0 A0 BEnvironment 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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2 _0 d% V: n6 Q) [% [; IMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river., G& [* h1 `- _2 f3 V
8 r! b$ f5 h; Y* `+ x+ F' ^3 q4 d& HThe 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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