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2 x5 _7 T0 ^& _8 FSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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' \% B$ t. s, G6 Z# g: s! K# fBy The Canadian Press
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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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* s8 ~4 N6 ?/ _: _, D, r" VThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.7 L+ f$ c! S b/ U7 r1 q
9 |2 q+ n3 c# K zThe 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.4 y: Y' o$ }) t4 G
2 t" j' O( P1 Y4 k4 vEnvironment 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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9 ^, ^' ^' v' h+ `8 I3 e" hMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.7 d3 `& Z3 G) x2 j2 F
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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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