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$ Q! U) P2 ?, X- w+ Z8 xSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Y7 J4 u: M. Z& U- \$ mBy The Canadian Press( U) w- e$ L! M: ]+ \- O
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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., J9 X9 {0 c) ^% P. `# e6 ?
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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.4 B/ X' v$ V) N, ^% D
" x8 J3 _* ~. Y6 iThe 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." E9 ?2 t: Q c$ m
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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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2 @% S7 v+ c9 D$ }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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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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