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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press# `6 m6 p$ P8 x0 f5 _% ?
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0 m. Q+ [6 C! w6 g) R, C# @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.0 |. ~4 ~% }+ Z. b
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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.3 ?; G: d9 ]6 p7 R6 t% d
, I7 s$ D3 _' P3 Y& ^% y4 ^* J, YThe 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.( c0 v8 H0 T2 S* ?. }% Y+ B
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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.. O s1 E3 c; a
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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, n' m. u4 R1 d* ^) K8 ?) H8 j
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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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