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& }- @9 D! W* B: B2 I7 I9 H/ SSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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' w4 T' ~, {* V. t. s6 EBy The Canadian Press
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- h2 n" ?( M" T3 K6 K" P$ H5 M* pFORT 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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8 ~/ ?2 B; h$ FThe 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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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." F8 L% H. _" b: ?# i g
4 L: a4 u, N- P/ L) vEnvironment 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." Q' ^/ o) v8 w6 H
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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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