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3 c _0 ?( e+ hSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press1 H0 s: T" E% ] O+ Q& P5 X
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) z/ D3 `2 w) 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.; U' K2 B. ~2 i8 ?
* ]' T: s/ m, AThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.7 C* }0 d. y8 C* G; d; n
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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.
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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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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.1 q7 M0 J5 j' X% @' i8 K
/ p8 r% b/ ?6 u5 a6 j. i8 L9 ~# R( ^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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