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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 A% y$ b1 R5 B
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By The Canadian Press4 J/ ?2 [1 D% Q( }) l# d# Q. e7 A
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7 X) x/ C, N" 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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: o, F5 v4 Y6 pThe 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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: z/ D$ c" U' a, X# ?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.4 s/ K/ K: J! Y$ t9 {* G2 o+ i
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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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% H# L5 x: \3 z! j( M" P6 IMcCabe 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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) a" X. F" F+ n! T( U8 \6 S. C" a/ V# qThe 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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