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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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: x" U" R! O4 E, I% hBy The Canadian Press
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! m) s4 M; S! G+ _! F" J- ]) q7 ~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.) r! i, n& P: x/ v% h I8 a# F1 W
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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.0 ?" T3 m3 f7 K. v6 _- X: ]
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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.' C, e! e/ H g0 c5 J
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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.- W5 ^: @; G+ e/ j% q# ^, f
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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. ?* F* s. G; `! k" z* p& s
4 W8 K% A# X4 F% F0 h3 ?, i2 t3 @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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