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8 Y/ S( k: y |2 ^) `Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* T% z6 D6 @2 e2 k! z1 P
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By The Canadian Press; g' k, A; c6 H" U6 B8 F) l/ K0 Z
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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.
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- C( N+ R% i6 L" s- ]0 hThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.) E1 k q1 A" }: ?) ?
! ~- J. L6 L, S4 [9 d) S$ L' S: ]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.- H- j2 ]% X9 Z3 x- y! W8 I% ?
; o9 }5 I7 h- _- d4 KEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.! D, r, e" g0 z6 [6 ~* z. ?1 M3 `
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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.' j2 \" C. q' w* b/ r. r
7 f6 ?4 p8 ]8 R% p$ J7 K1 k& |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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