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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press6 G6 {- Q5 v& `
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9 n/ N! o) y7 iFORT 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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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.; | w: o( k* z: j4 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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K6 B. ^: G3 e1 QEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.2 x# B# d5 l1 A4 z) H6 @ R! r
) o* _/ i; m- t$ [" L0 ^9 z% [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.% a9 @0 G, ^! H7 j0 ~) C, C
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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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