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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 ^& ^# [( k' p$ l+ I/ j9 BBy The Canadian Press/ l7 o- e/ j* v* n; T& Z
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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.# T6 o3 F: Z+ O; I3 k4 N/ j4 ~
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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.
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- A3 K7 I5 {1 ]( p$ f0 eEnvironment 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.) o; N5 P! F% Y2 ~1 d6 F
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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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