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. F' n6 |3 x. y. j USuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press- h( s7 u: D4 v, o/ N, x3 [
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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.7 y4 {! C/ p) `5 K6 F1 I$ x+ ^
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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.3 {! b7 |" E" [4 E% a# N/ C
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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 j2 Y% l3 c8 a5 [2 l \* s
\. l. k) b( m0 qMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river./ X, u9 A8 o) l0 w. y& ^. 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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