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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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' W4 l3 ?) j- Q3 S R& _By The Canadian Press# z" U) I8 E+ S/ p. e
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$ c& B. y t. q' k7 w+ wFORT 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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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.3 y, b- F" x: z6 G" R- ~: Y
5 S5 {; ~$ z" U2 w- ]! yThe 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.3 o# B; g7 X. u6 u- W% X
+ K" j! ^ y4 y( [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. X5 D3 H+ H* s
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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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