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2 l9 i; M5 E8 Q1 U v) rSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press
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1 n: \# s7 B9 K0 @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.& P9 f! m& g9 i; ], P7 T
( k# T' ?# F) e5 T; h( S* J6 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.
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0 ?6 G% C4 {" 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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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.& I2 S$ i m! i* Q% k, _
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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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