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- F& N1 F2 m- H$ T D, _Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ C" |: ?0 G0 g& C$ c* N& l
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By The Canadian Press
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4 g2 S( E4 b8 l# D4 `6 }* VFORT 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.
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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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: O( _" r1 c* R) @3 I" b& ~Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River., S( |: H4 N2 v1 F: W
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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.0 v) o* w7 h2 ?/ u+ r7 H
+ n- o& N9 G/ W/ P& _, S1 FThe 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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