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, y+ A- _& w W3 _* { PSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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Wed Mar 11, 4:28 PM. A/ r$ l' m: q
) N2 T- k: |) K bBy 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.
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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.
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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.( X: a% X0 G! f4 B1 o
6 |" [& O% l9 Z( M5 iEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.: _7 x3 k5 \0 r' g( T
6 e) h$ | J% l% [% F6 XMcCabe 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 B8 t1 b9 U1 D3 z; z' Q; j
m6 r! S9 J! ]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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