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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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9 K( |. B% Q9 sBy The Canadian Press$ s& ?+ V1 Y+ }" E) g) M
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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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' S7 o/ n$ ?5 i7 D' j/ g' y( UThe 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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8 |$ C3 b8 X h- [: 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.: |; }: [4 k8 p; c5 Z
$ b P z0 g# D ]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.! w) Z; @, R0 E; w1 U5 C$ L O
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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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