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" Q6 c( a: A: T, W4 ^; _" GSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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6 B9 v( t# T; S: l% z4 b6 HBy The Canadian Press/ r" z8 T1 Z; M8 B! }2 U
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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.5 S+ {* z+ W" k! c' e; Z
2 \! G* |/ f" u5 Y9 l" oThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.+ g3 Q$ c, x6 Y, n
1 \* V* R% O$ |/ V6 O! SThe 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.1 [( d W) o7 x+ d% ], A
: n! Q1 K3 G6 ^) |Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( ^, v$ A5 U2 W: p$ g k
[) a2 P2 Z }' EMcCabe 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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! l6 A. m% R- IThe 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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