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2 o; s& {( [/ o( @/ e1 p% YSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river- _, B. u, K! \
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0 o* I& C, R+ Z: @, lBy 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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/ [% d, M, r4 f4 c5 f! G& F& YThe 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.8 M. z+ i9 D! p0 O) P( |: B; o
% R9 \# R3 p* J! N+ A' t$ nEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River./ @) B x. @( a4 r. P ?4 q: A
5 x0 u, t, Q: AMcCabe 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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# @. b7 q# g/ F4 d2 JThe 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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