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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river L7 V1 X" `- a& }+ S
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" l# q; \1 Q( | y8 _' @2 m; wBy The Canadian Press* H4 b# R2 ?3 `3 g! e
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. w" j" a8 y9 H/ uFORT 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.9 w+ s" V. t! c/ x! [3 v6 K8 W+ t
0 _# H2 n+ u4 k) nThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants./ W( C/ l v: f& C5 i( }% f
+ i4 [/ P9 l" N& t% hThe 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.7 q l, z. M" Q8 q( C. W# E! x
6 ?) D! ~3 T: ~3 s4 ]. zEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.4 C8 \$ Z1 L4 B9 C( a4 D
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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.+ [1 W, O N _* } 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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