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' z4 b B F, s5 F& \5 c* MSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press
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0 I/ E, U- l; r: oFORT 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.5 o p# N: H6 m, O7 o8 @* i' A
. _6 k& |! z8 E3 b5 C" sThe 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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! M" f! h1 f( d8 p5 DThe 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.. i: u6 M' G# T9 S7 p4 O: E' v
3 L# h! Z6 {7 t* f& PEnvironment 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.
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& d0 p: ]% y0 K RThe 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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