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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 Z2 [9 K$ m( t
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& `" n% O- A+ r( t* C$ DBy The Canadian Press; D/ I8 [" a8 R
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6 h" W/ c O( [9 m& z' @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.
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( n. f+ ~' ^1 X4 t4 ?9 k. JThe 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.- V; _! O2 S4 x' A
" Z0 O( a7 L. R5 E' o9 IEnvironment 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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7 P/ m$ t( ?7 K5 O9 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.( E, U. c3 L: S- Z+ Z+ F0 V
o( _$ V- s2 fThe 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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