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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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N$ C0 a9 C T5 {By The Canadian Press
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6 Q+ ]; J) a# [! U* MFORT 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.9 p/ y* ^/ {0 X- ?1 d+ G1 X8 U
/ H3 u, g2 [. cThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants. [( J8 v2 h5 h' X. e$ j O Z
* H5 u: ?) W- g0 p, ~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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+ \% _4 I" `9 U6 M' r9 u1 j& REnvironment 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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8 A/ z% X: c2 _, e8 X) |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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