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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" f1 O& \# ?# }; D) A
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By The Canadian Press' c8 U3 Q _7 o9 i' U
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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.
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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.' {) U& T' d/ C. k4 h/ y
# `5 P7 D1 Q- g- bThe 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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0 E0 @" h) p. n- f) [Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. v5 z4 l; L4 D$ S' D- k
6 ^1 b: j. o9 s/ ]: 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." c0 k ?. j. {: C/ \
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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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