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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ k+ r. h& }" d5 q2 G
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By The Canadian Press
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* N" E( K& w | }- @& {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.- @* n/ V) a8 s' _$ p$ w
$ U) h( W* S' }2 H( y z9 tThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.9 H) Z- ?" z" ^! \/ F5 ]5 ^
2 e8 h# j* ^& v$ P/ j0 Q. FThe 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.
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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.4 ?, c4 O( Q+ r: q6 }
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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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