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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM9 X+ f& U' Q# j8 ~" a! F
/ ~$ T" O: m) w& t) v7 mBy The Canadian Press2 i7 b! Q- K! w. y
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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.1 N+ S- e2 ?+ V# q4 [' _7 h
/ x4 L' [. l, w& X @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.$ d; W. H6 C8 a$ G0 y4 C7 p J
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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.( W: l3 y9 ^4 j P0 s
: Z$ e( M+ `1 p# p: @( ^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.& g* h* p; z7 T3 I. u
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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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