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. o' b) D2 I# _9 w: mSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 L# u4 K, M+ VBy The Canadian Press
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' b& R: R- A3 |/ E6 q- _; \/ f- K: LFORT 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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" {6 R1 Q; f2 l8 |# m8 n2 t* `7 FThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.) s* h$ p9 Z5 k% U" e' Z# Z# \
2 z: _6 n' i. u8 Q7 j( cThe 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.) g7 c! |) L: ~
, Z6 h0 v7 J! s7 F) s! Z, b7 J6 a' 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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; O& p3 B4 s7 c8 {2 p+ IMcCabe 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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0 J+ n$ q8 j! ]3 L: o4 yThe 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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