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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river+ k( H. N7 e1 }
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By The Canadian Press' s: u6 D2 i1 G1 q, a3 ?. z
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* A, H& f$ c. W. I3 ~# nFORT 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.) D$ |5 `/ r$ I0 s" K
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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.
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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.* V/ C6 f5 F& \, F# O, x* u
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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.
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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.. i& K* A& ^( S# c. r+ |
) R. N' x% G* \1 D" LThe 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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