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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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8 h: \- \) X6 F/ JBy The Canadian Press7 {2 U7 ~( W9 m' u6 @/ Q
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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.* \+ z2 H6 G8 y4 {0 o: P! y
" ]7 {0 G& {( m! K& M- C* X7 F; FThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants. f9 a. T6 i# P7 a- Z) Y
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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.$ n+ B+ a6 \0 `& R. n8 N, [2 r
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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.* |2 g7 i! K, U
# `- i$ J6 @# WMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.$ i. A! z, \2 O9 a3 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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