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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river o: X0 R/ S2 r7 e; V
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By 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.
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Q+ ~* P' t! D# N; s0 d6 BThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.; T1 t0 @: I" K( m7 E+ F7 ]8 x. A
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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.3 s! E/ g( O0 e- j& A$ s! x7 e
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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.8 ]$ K0 n! {, T J) M
, K7 U8 o4 L" U8 |; H% {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.4 T# w7 @6 Z ?& s7 u0 H
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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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