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* n$ _$ B* T: NSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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; L8 j! n5 L; w" E; T& Q+ NBy The Canadian Press3 g! O- F1 i! W9 v
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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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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.
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/ z ~* C4 @7 }7 P) @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.% K' Y1 L( B' b
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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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7 z* y; r2 Q ?5 I3 KMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.: T# H$ O4 c- C( K
+ [" `! p) A; v g lThe 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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