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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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2 [/ q: \. j( U( Y, r6 OBy The Canadian Press8 Q4 f6 K# n; U0 z% S8 |
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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.5 t( {+ M2 w4 y6 F y H# j! O
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The contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.. r0 T/ c0 P0 m! F, T2 K: U
! z* c$ L0 l& ^1 fThe 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.9 x: t1 k& ]& K1 x: l( `
* F% r2 z, Q0 O! DEnvironment 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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3 o" F2 k) |# [" w1 ]2 QMcCabe 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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