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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river2 ~8 R7 F) s, Q9 ~2 u* ]
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By The Canadian Press
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' z3 \9 P% d Q/ u& l$ Z7 }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 ]2 z1 v# n8 z3 M) D% `
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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." C4 U# n9 X* @7 N4 Q
0 R; b9 a; T% {7 f& N+ QThe 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 Z, _5 c! Q0 w8 _0 H& j; c, h
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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.
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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.3 X; ]! r7 o& ], P; I( B
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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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