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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 K$ I- E& o @- wWed Mar 11, 4:28 PM
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1 U: j9 U9 ?1 A9 u; z7 xBy The Canadian Press; F! D. g/ v7 h3 H
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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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, P$ t- G! u! ~: rThe 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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. @4 K- X0 x3 y$ W& C8 ]% a% 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.$ ]- t4 \6 e; c9 j2 Y |/ u, I
: _ Z4 |+ @# t1 U: @7 m LEnvironment 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.: B* i- [5 k, }& {
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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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