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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press
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3 h/ n- ~3 z7 ?- a" t- 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.) r |1 r" e9 o" q; O
: \* B, Q& M2 U) C, I# vThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.+ _8 {: J: B o$ l
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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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' D \' P3 n0 V- i+ K, ^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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* L# `- L9 I3 t7 `2 b+ J! o& OMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river." L+ _+ o) K) m5 p, ~$ B
8 a, A; ^7 [6 `+ }& ^: I* 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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