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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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( G9 }2 M3 A$ m& v/ d. A* X! q6 z+ nBy 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. V: }9 y0 ^+ m0 Y+ g, | e
7 j3 c, F S* o+ MThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.( @: j* s$ b# M+ Z
3 b4 z( Y! y! y* Y# w( H$ J: @# VThe 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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& t q# Q* F/ `, t8 qEnvironment 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.3 L) d+ ~% D' o" t: [+ P X; J
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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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