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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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! \9 G% ?1 A1 Q* Y+ H/ U2 ?* PBy 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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7 v2 p7 j- U8 T& SThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.0 g, I$ R' j d5 }1 X, ]3 h& s
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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.1 j* {2 t' i: D C
: _5 ^' v5 E6 T3 _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.6 c' m9 i5 h4 l3 r7 c( F# @, B
& L1 L8 A% R/ N9 Y/ d+ }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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