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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; R" A7 ?4 m% b$ B4 K
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! A/ q3 s ~2 u, K! s! xBy The Canadian Press1 F9 P- r* V4 t5 N% E- n; Z: X
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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.
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/ z+ E3 M, m6 s' C7 `- P+ x5 S6 Y# cThe 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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0 I2 t4 L X1 F/ 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.9 s6 J3 d) ?3 O, t% z( t# {
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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.( V8 E p+ z: F) J# H
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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.! ?. P( |3 C. d( k$ ]. ?1 f* y
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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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