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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river8 r' w5 j) O5 {; L& |' A
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By The Canadian Press5 R( t& s0 Y2 q7 B; B8 k
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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.4 F' t! U$ O0 U8 s3 u. l {
. x+ Y0 J; f( M/ X& u0 E1 nThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants. f& g$ H& c# u! d
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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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.# K, ?" s: p1 [
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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.( n' q2 k3 w, T% r0 M
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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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