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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* U/ F9 z( A) C8 t
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9 ~; m, a; Q! I2 U. gBy The Canadian Press
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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.# ~: l5 s4 `. F' ~4 v2 N0 j: e
+ Y1 Z; F1 E8 x. AThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.: X! P$ H1 ~. L% U0 n# ^" l
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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.' `2 u# e; ?! V8 Y2 }. |9 K
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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.7 Q3 L" Z" h5 r7 x) n# c
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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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: M% V( y* Q2 m6 Q, QThe 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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