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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press8 |% h v+ {, q0 x- N
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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.8 E/ r! \: i; y7 L( r0 |/ d( l% q
" |0 D' ?7 Z: T+ s) n# m# pThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.! _: ~' S9 c v# v" F( }: z" f
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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. ?$ K1 ?' a* x
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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.
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, B1 i9 @9 p/ j& jThe 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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