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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press0 Q. B; a6 Y' K
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. Q2 v4 Y4 ?. @# N4 V. ~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.
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6 ?% z. O7 H; }) T, V9 aThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants./ r9 d9 H: y9 r s2 z1 k
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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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+ S4 B0 k) o1 _; w9 R2 m0 [9 zEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.# l* e7 ~* B; l# ]
% a% |' L3 R* f3 M4 L$ b6 \$ ]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.0 a5 x, ~1 k; b& {5 S1 e/ V
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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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