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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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; P; S! ]& |7 P( o' d8 E! ~By The Canadian Press% |0 L! B5 j/ M: M0 |! E3 c
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w' T' j; n7 r5 ?8 e. E6 pFORT 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." k" V. i% Q6 F+ z9 B. @5 H+ R
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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.
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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.1 A7 j: l! s j0 O1 Q% ?' ]
0 w9 a0 G' |! X9 a! IEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.: V# U9 @5 g. g
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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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: K. s9 W/ ~" T9 A) r+ I4 sThe 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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