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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press
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3 f% ^8 K! n% XFORT 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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. v1 z9 @; Q! i5 n2 @3 y( j; GThe 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' k, ~- A% C1 {. X' k/ r! q. q
3 \( Q+ D. D2 y, Q# [6 e+ LThe 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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7 X+ {) p+ z8 Q: `0 e; `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 t' ^+ i1 P2 |$ W
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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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