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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 I2 k) s$ T+ ?; Q% Y
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By The Canadian Press% J3 a+ t5 e( Z4 r
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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./ N" y7 x1 c+ x, |# H9 f! H
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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.
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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." N" A* j7 P: \
3 i' G+ ~- G) iEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.! i6 e N& s( Y
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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.4 }! s t/ o8 y/ O0 t8 m
" L0 C. @9 w) m- Q! X0 _; VThe 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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