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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 c7 H- M) `1 `! H w8 ^6 m# G
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# \& @$ X+ ?) \By The Canadian Press
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# |6 ]; M7 B& S- H' {! m6 K+ tFORT 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.5 P5 r* j; @) E
" g ?9 g& _. F( N+ q+ |' BThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.
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, \0 g) O& E+ v$ \6 hThe 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.- ]6 E* p) W; ]% h2 ^9 j$ Z
7 I; E0 I! n4 s1 w6 xMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.5 w% K$ C9 D* I; P
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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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