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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; X0 {& I3 g1 _7 i: Y7 N
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5 W8 s5 j: {) p, x g) l, |- fBy The Canadian Press( N3 Z8 v9 f3 `, t) S9 o) U$ G( j
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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.7 U2 x( g7 E+ O8 y
7 D( P! N$ O4 @7 G2 q+ ?& m! l2 g8 pThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.) F; i* ?( S- a$ E& A
d4 n! U* k5 p2 r% }& `9 W$ gThe 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.1 z3 K3 y, `" U. H% Z$ z0 i4 k# F0 P' |
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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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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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