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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 m X1 \* ^6 v6 |8 I6 l
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+ o- c. B$ I; j$ X) H, g7 d: lBy The Canadian Press
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5 P" u& n9 H- p) AFORT 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.4 ^ L2 @% H! R4 H: o# |* e
0 u2 \/ x, b1 g: B% iThe 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 p4 Y6 [# [! ?
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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.$ Y* b4 h; F5 Q+ ?' ]' K2 V4 E6 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.
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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.
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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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