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9 s' ^. Z z8 ?; N3 z2 t8 e r* KSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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( n, O* J6 s3 G$ K$ zBy The Canadian Press: L$ }$ {0 @' z1 U9 ]
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# `- E7 g* N- r& |3 V/ ^' dFORT 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.# g' _, j3 K9 @& H) C7 L
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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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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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/ P+ x7 V& m& p f: s" lEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River. v% Z0 H2 }) m6 L
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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.! z0 G- T3 x* x/ D$ l/ n- Y# D' w
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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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