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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ q3 g7 e& p0 q6 V q9 a$ m& d* N
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By The Canadian Press# m0 X- w3 E y% f$ M3 O' d
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: \- T; O/ h9 {& K/ g/ i' u Q9 cFORT 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 n, r5 P& }9 E7 V" v n
. }% v4 P/ t9 y$ J' j" e1 iThe 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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. m$ z0 x4 ?% a3 d6 k8 {: ?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.
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* }& }8 [( K( a/ lEnvironment 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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4 C! J% r+ O4 {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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