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3 ~- m1 T3 |: Q( c( {, t" G- jSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press3 z: `# |& @8 D+ N' ~/ p
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% @+ a# C, J9 qFORT 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.; {0 b9 m9 Y1 X0 G
2 k7 ^; j8 B! @! c- v. @1 }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.
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# t7 R; L# ?8 Y3 Y7 _. { ~3 _4 FEnvironment 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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0 | Z. {/ T' G' ~1 R" }/ tMcCabe 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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