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: i6 t7 I% H$ KSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 ^8 I7 S7 p* X# O+ n
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5 y' y' k# H& `, b+ H5 N+ d6 E2 GBy The Canadian Press
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& }! Q. K0 n" zFORT 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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3 _+ ~/ X5 t9 y7 w/ @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.! m: A% S- w3 R, k
) W; B. v/ Q. o$ a( sThe 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.2 Q* r- e* K& Z" }
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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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G( W6 ~. ^& S. k! \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.
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The 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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