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+ v) `) Z' B2 w S, o# H7 |Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 Y: A2 i: P0 sBy The Canadian Press; ^& X" K2 C0 u2 Z7 R0 _ d6 D7 W
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' |$ l! q9 U/ ]0 `$ s) U+ ?" _, [% 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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- D" Z8 X4 b: R; n2 ]4 wThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants." u: H* b5 R- X+ G
' w. s+ k' i) G8 d7 p1 lThe 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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: D! Q0 h3 Z; c& l2 F) e' ZEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.3 i# t! m9 `5 I, \& {
8 [# ~8 S$ r0 T& KMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.3 W3 Y; {) ]7 t5 c
+ [7 J! h/ V2 I' j. Q6 [& v' U6 OThe 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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