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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" A' d: A7 ?- H4 ]: R' w
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3 A) r' ?1 `) G M5 K+ R& Z! n6 QBy The Canadian Press+ C, a! L. g _0 S4 X
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' j4 a& J- P' S4 n( TFORT 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.2 g, T- X) ]% Q1 n6 s T9 x; C; O' d8 J
" ?: j" i+ Z4 G/ l4 c! D( jThe 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.
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2 n) t+ T" N: {( e6 a. m0 x$ \0 MEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.; e' S. V( `/ T+ L. F5 [, f
9 `# ~& ?0 o# v% aMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river. ]7 p; o# n8 {, t* a) x% ]5 `3 l
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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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