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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press( B4 b! ^* v( v) Z9 m
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' ]9 |! e/ _0 ^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.4 I2 B- k! a9 ^# p. @2 \
" b+ _. D8 [$ W/ W) i5 O$ T$ ]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.
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The 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.6 w3 y# C0 k# k( Q' @7 a: Q: |
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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.7 O7 u1 x" i- I& X+ Q' ]
% B7 d; p2 U" f: L0 j' uMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.2 r+ C; R3 ]& \) q. N
5 \0 R/ g# y: VThe 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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