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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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7 P. \9 J4 i1 D0 i# |By The Canadian Press* O! X& C- q9 s6 a
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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.6 X! Q8 \3 p6 ~0 W
6 I% }& K* R( B5 g: gThe 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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6 V* `$ Q6 h6 C! vThe 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 f4 z) }* i( z+ p; Y( o( u
- H' Q4 ]; d* v1 m* ]4 PEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.1 G, a N4 [0 f5 `2 R
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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.7 T' [* v* {" _$ U; L) @
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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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