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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, g- e! Z! t: I5 ]& |0 R" e+ o) _% g, K
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" h0 n0 }( y D e# [. B9 ^) b, I- EBy The Canadian Press: p- t% Q# H8 i1 B: T& z! l
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8 }5 K9 x& \, S4 W0 K& M' LFORT 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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* S% X% [" ?' U% Q) N4 }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.7 i) p+ n' L6 o$ ]3 r; S4 [
5 e6 `' f# p% F0 p7 |! \4 CThe 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.
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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.; z9 D/ n; C5 w7 w/ s" L r
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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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