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]% Q9 b* O( R! ]1 v2 |, GSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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: i/ V9 @0 g% Z) PBy The Canadian Press
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' [( s" d7 R3 Y3 C7 x- YFORT 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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+ t, n' j1 a8 W! BThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.' }$ |% D- M& R; P5 n0 {* s4 c
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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.
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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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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.: b; l Y0 l$ q: o- E7 G. a' X5 G
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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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