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0 F( l E/ T0 n2 L( `6 a! u) \0 m9 kSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press3 N3 L; k2 W4 y+ V9 D) |0 q% r
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h7 `5 ` ]6 ^- ~* _3 W5 c+ nFORT 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.1 k; m/ X# {! ^7 u
% U" ]) l& ^1 e! ^0 o% j, o4 fThe 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.! X0 Q; o1 X, _5 [" h9 S! o% j. M
0 ?" t9 ]7 I7 a4 B6 ]% V7 W2 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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