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8 O% ]7 G$ P7 t, V/ P1 \3 cSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river3 K- G& q8 i. }
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By The Canadian Press; z( V" o6 f6 N0 w3 W" V# P
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. @* V2 Q C" ]- W' k) `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.+ f! W( g8 q& j) v6 A% Y g0 ?
! [8 o o8 F# B4 c0 p" v; BThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.2 R r- q' V: M5 w% c% E% H
, }) Q A* g. F6 m$ |; DThe 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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* h g M" U5 R$ w6 zEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.5 j# B! y7 t; l" ?% F5 Q$ l
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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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