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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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[, p# S, [% I, o. GBy The Canadian Press
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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.$ R& k1 I. z1 Q8 I$ r
' q/ l N7 ~7 b3 i8 l. eThe 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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0 S+ z+ s/ O2 G XThe 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 {! m' _: q5 A/ f
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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." N2 T9 c0 N! Y8 ^# G8 o- H( K
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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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+ J- ~2 N3 A8 W' k1 XThe 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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