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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river# ~5 \ Q- v. {" p3 U. Y
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3 m" ]' I) F( t3 w w9 D; X3 PBy The Canadian Press: x7 v* j0 m: a* k0 ~
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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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The contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.- T* H" `+ A$ J7 f4 K
+ T: ^5 H: ? B- s! k4 Q! i# j& 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.8 [" C1 {9 k. m: D
! q: k" Y; ~4 C8 {0 SEnvironment 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.
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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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