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- t( {' ?/ @1 RSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press" ~3 f2 d# l3 \& Q3 c
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% B \+ [9 x2 }2 J4 [. ]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.7 G! [/ W5 f/ J* A2 R
! k4 ~. s+ @3 t: CThe 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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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. t- k* z) _7 ^, S
! @8 h1 v* n+ F( H7 aEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River." J& y: O" X% D
1 ?5 z1 k$ G/ h6 w, ]( pMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.
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6 ^1 O2 B2 M f; iThe 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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