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' k& [+ A, I9 KSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river( x( T' i' V0 N8 Y. w9 l
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" x, N6 {2 Q1 G) tBy The Canadian Press7 [1 L% z3 c6 \6 X! V+ ^
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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.9 d" q9 F0 n; j6 k
! l& A9 h8 Q0 S% E9 ?. I: r: J7 d. BThe 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.1 ^0 F7 i7 p8 q) ]8 V
y: j: l( t( J$ G# o' MEnvironment 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.+ `1 Y( |4 _3 [6 z" I3 d- t/ J- Q6 K
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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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