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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 e# t- s8 l0 x5 c- @
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7 s0 n; j: g! G0 A6 j6 IBy The Canadian Press) \" j# \# k' |
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! ^# a' E7 C2 Z2 b2 o' i6 AFORT 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.+ E9 |5 d. V+ m" N! A
8 f9 z, T( d _9 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." X" _- R" N. O
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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 ]3 m3 m5 p9 W* L8 p6 i4 a" O9 I
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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.
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3 ~0 d& T6 |/ w3 S$ y# R8 KThe 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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