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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ m5 ]! C" d! `8 N. H
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By 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.- O! F' i) Z. |. R
) H9 _% v% J! @" e! PThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.6 L% M/ E4 j$ }* b5 F- ?
/ M1 ]; _3 \. f, s: p, V, `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.9 J1 W4 q* Z. L1 g$ Q" s3 b: J
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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.7 Z; O |; m' ]; s' C* A- w# D
R: |0 T- x) r, M: ZMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.
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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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