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. `2 u5 t% I) O) @Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, ~; S% f+ O; h8 r6 ~1 n" K# X
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By The Canadian Press
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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." {( m4 y. u0 v2 y
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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.+ ?- v% n" b9 m F
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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.' h, x6 p% Y2 U7 Z8 S
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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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Z, S0 c/ G" @1 T+ Z! F; sMcCabe 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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. x( h/ a: ]+ P) J1 A9 v, M* dThe 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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