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8 [* w# q- M/ H1 u. cSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ q; O4 U. M0 I5 R0 v4 X& X- i
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By The Canadian Press0 ^ t" {0 M/ j2 U8 i0 b" Y- g
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9 S$ i/ \% H3 G/ O8 w4 v9 xFORT 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.2 \# g2 j( O& F3 J) w( ^
, _) G! R% n$ }5 I! s+ k, sThe 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.
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5 J' m2 c1 H a/ S" ]) k+ g. F1 MEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River. Q& B2 T) q2 o r2 f* \# u
2 u% w5 A- R3 f# uMcCabe 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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( b3 O. X6 ?" E$ l0 B: }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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