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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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& J) K% W3 g& A: M* ~5 PBy The Canadian Press
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, c1 h; I+ W: Q8 C: rFORT 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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/ _9 v: f, x9 M ]) S( p4 ^The 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 V, ]/ Y7 B3 h& Q8 s3 d
; d4 W/ m5 A8 M( y( H$ kThe 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 `" d. H0 a& A2 E; g0 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.
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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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