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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ t' Q* F' S6 t+ `( |
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By The Canadian Press. } }; W9 h3 ]
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6 N7 y9 F2 P; x" n2 S3 E8 mFORT 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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8 W# [+ m7 e9 N8 y! q, `. ]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.) @) ^( S" {5 I& P9 F4 g
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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.7 n" w$ r6 ] t; Q/ s
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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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3 e( x; D% }6 n9 Y/ ~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.) k1 | N9 `( J1 B$ Z O' w
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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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