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: o* u% C3 [" A. R: G9 w* h5 y3 r, HSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press+ J3 B" m" L/ e, V- _
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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.0 K* V! V7 [3 Q% G
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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.- G# r; k' e3 k* T1 E
1 j J' s3 c5 ~+ E+ IThe 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.% P' o% s* G. Z4 ~6 s( D; I9 x2 R" Q
. o) r( f H% L9 h; h3 [, l& {) k- ^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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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.) B. K, @" ?! e+ F4 `8 T u
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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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