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) s6 C' l+ t1 B) x3 E# qSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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( j- A# \6 b8 e/ x* PBy The Canadian Press
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, F. _' n6 [! Y9 I; k, cFORT 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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; u" M0 j- m0 q4 M- _: w' eThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants., v8 k6 p" e8 X: I1 r& Z
- C" R0 s4 l$ t0 b! N$ N& l( FThe 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.1 E( | C4 t. ?, N7 c
" k; t- Q5 _( F) nEnvironment 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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2 |! V" J8 ~% u2 qMcCabe 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 w0 G( d* Z
4 o1 B$ \# K$ i. ?% k) C% dThe 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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