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* {4 {& L- @8 M5 C$ }Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river' B; @0 B8 j) }2 ~9 y" i3 B
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4 D4 M6 }/ ^ m. G6 R/ @- k4 \9 }2 VBy The Canadian Press
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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.$ B7 g! I9 e& B& M/ P0 o
, e( q' d4 }! q; H7 R8 B HThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.! r7 G$ P$ o( @& L' j" W
8 M/ a7 x c! o' rThe 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.- i$ T' J. h8 Z. V* r! W/ I. l
- b* S1 Z6 D7 m3 @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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