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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" X3 m) b" E$ O0 x, g& C z! x
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1 x7 v' O$ f* b1 mBy The Canadian Press
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1 Z" Y( L. \$ bFORT 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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1 Q5 n' [. k" @8 \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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( R0 u5 g7 |& s* a/ |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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9 Q9 D* r2 M C k) e' P7 lEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.( n2 V. ~' \4 ~
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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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