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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river, @% T$ m5 a: \' l. a" t2 h
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By The Canadian Press
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1 b$ K( k2 ` @- 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.
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" Q& r! Q8 E6 V. T( J* x% F# r8 gThe 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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0 W1 n2 p2 q9 E8 FThe 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.! A9 \1 l2 j; l8 \. w3 K2 [' K6 w+ h
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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.- d! O7 `* j+ _
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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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