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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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, O' `) @) m- F5 C" RBy The Canadian Press
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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.1 A+ |# w1 N' D3 x' }+ |7 ?( R
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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.2 O: X* O$ [; w& l0 I v4 P
' k' V$ Q- K8 W" Y( r, qThe 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.4 s- a: g& y' ]+ l$ a# h; _
( M1 r- R T9 t+ g3 IMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.3 v! W% [1 G1 j: | q3 f1 T
7 V8 i B8 X6 wThe 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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