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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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3 Q" {0 `% j& O( J; F [, E: d6 |- VBy The Canadian Press) b( U, R& z! M& L8 E4 D8 D
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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.
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) o7 t' B% v. Z. RThe 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 C% k: S2 V7 o4 e4 y
! I- Y" s( @4 Q4 t# X% P$ ~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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2 }' \/ L2 z" T* R6 n2 r" PEnvironment 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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/ w% Z" G, i: ?! b3 O; L1 vMcCabe 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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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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