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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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# h7 ^ i, ]# n; |2 `2 T0 O- _* xBy The Canadian Press
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" I S$ `( F* q+ e0 ^- `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.1 D4 G- w' P* @9 ^5 p
) M) A4 `( V! q% P$ Q% zThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.: @; S( h- g1 B' v, N
/ @9 L! j. W- H' J5 k. }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.% D+ v8 p3 f$ B' N5 }4 p; k/ G
/ L+ x* h$ |- |9 n, f5 N$ [: DMcCabe 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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0 I! Q7 B% ?6 \* Q& BThe 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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