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2 w( ^% g8 Z5 GSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river& z+ L! L( q' H3 @0 {! b4 r) D
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By The Canadian Press/ k/ \. N2 K+ G u; S- w9 t& i
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FORT 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.; W O# Q( w$ a+ g: g$ q) e4 M ]/ r
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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.9 A4 {0 d0 P8 l; S
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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.) c7 a6 _5 k2 X2 z" l, s
/ d# E8 B" [% L3 m5 q2 A3 QEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.$ b7 H' \9 U# r
2 N, g% a3 t; @8 ^6 k5 U6 _& i: `2 tMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.% B. E7 v: W1 i W# Y, ?$ ^6 i
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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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