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1 g& a8 a) v: ]Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 R( @8 z/ W/ u+ h8 V7 w: t
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1 u3 P- G* s# d" g3 _' b6 MBy The Canadian Press
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1 G+ f" F( j# o! t$ X, lFORT 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.! B5 P. l( x f) A4 t
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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.$ w- R( ~" p, Q
7 y0 d+ u+ c) d3 B/ ^% w' UThe 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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$ R) I& R& M3 I9 gEnvironment 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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