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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, L+ Z7 p5 k* t/ e9 r/ O. J8 z
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, n: @1 ]7 h s4 P, e% YBy The Canadian Press+ I i( a; P+ Q) a
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E3 i; g% d2 a% q1 _4 G) c! j4 {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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# V/ @4 q8 l/ ^0 m: ~% O7 \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.0 g; [% ^9 v& I2 q! x4 z
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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.
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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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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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