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5 D5 N4 _, o! B* ~Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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3 V8 w5 c3 n' ?* w# r( HBy The Canadian Press7 f7 m( i6 c" l
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! g/ i9 }! X% _$ bFORT 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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* Y' k( _- v' \$ \) p& d9 mThe 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.* J* X4 P( S% f1 f5 V2 D$ Q" ~7 C
: e* s5 X% M# b6 b$ b( i% bEnvironment 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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$ D, k# f. L- i3 C5 u7 D7 }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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% F$ }' V" A' \. uThe 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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