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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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$ G9 q/ W. p3 VBy 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.+ g6 L) }& r0 f# r1 {( k+ Z6 n
" U) \6 z# d1 B6 x& i6 Z6 t# 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.* V) ~$ ]5 B8 [# s3 X
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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.
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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.4 R& J' u ~3 `7 R( m: G* ^/ ]) t
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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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0 [* r9 I& v M: ^& X, N/ _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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