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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river2 k0 I* o1 Q5 L, @7 Y, [* m
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1 O1 |4 W# @* p) ^- x& V" v: f3 d0 GBy The Canadian Press/ A$ h; k+ g+ R* `8 {
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& x4 ^- _! m# F, o# f* GFORT 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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9 E( g. W) T: W" M4 g7 D; FThe 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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+ L* A, `. l" [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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7 G* @0 L) f0 xMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river./ y2 m+ y3 P$ \
' O% T3 d" v$ K% z1 |8 {5 YThe 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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