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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river2 f q3 ?8 s: U0 h1 u0 \6 o
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By The Canadian Press
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, W1 Q Q5 c* GFORT 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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' S& x3 s' S7 o% ^, w' OThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.9 p6 u$ u j3 N k" P" K& O5 t4 O
4 G$ `9 @9 V( z6 d# l6 n; L: u/ u9 VThe 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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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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$ I. D5 \4 {9 {. D' S0 \. z) j( b2 eMcCabe 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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. q5 B/ O Y: O) xThe 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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