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$ d- v) J% h# D2 xSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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; L( x3 h6 o4 ~) FBy The Canadian Press
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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.1 G5 W F' U5 C+ Q
2 f/ p% b0 b7 S9 K; p1 p7 OThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants., Y/ X1 C9 _# I# Z
* u/ c2 G/ ~ B5 h- p; QThe 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.0 d0 U- _1 G, W; t7 F7 b0 f
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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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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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& {$ M8 t, x D& u+ OThe 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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