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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! e8 g1 ]7 w, @9 Z
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By The Canadian Press" z( _. L+ q1 |* E/ y
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; q; h% v6 ^2 g: @: P# Y0 F2 nFORT 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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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.! M, l$ f: C' J+ f" r6 d" r
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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.
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/ J" a. U* J6 I8 I1 P" i. O+ YEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.& `0 F/ n$ R5 g( M( m
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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.
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+ X# Y2 n. D' MThe 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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