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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 w. e' K: @7 R% f
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By The Canadian Press+ W. s" R5 W! d% z' \. S$ t$ |
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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.7 T- |: D: d% G' C8 U
9 S/ \# X% r( U5 v% |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.7 j$ {$ e; ~9 {# f. q
! U7 X5 @4 d- g) R0 M2 w: N6 ?1 k- KThe 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.0 C; e7 G% r) M
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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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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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