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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river7 S) i) E+ l- i- p6 \
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1 O3 B1 Y# H1 y3 OBy The Canadian Press
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, K( ?# O8 c7 ]) N. I! oFORT 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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- ?+ J2 w1 }1 b' Y& B+ \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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& q- N& u/ b. w9 ^8 gThe 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.7 ^* l* u$ a5 k# j+ b
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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.) ^- _. D( e: m+ s% ?4 {* s
% G) ?. \7 T5 |; G0 \3 fMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river., r0 `( ?7 p T5 g( X
+ S0 M! B! |& r" }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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