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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river$ ~5 O3 y3 K1 S( v% t N, \4 g; g
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By The Canadian Press) C' ~$ Z4 ~9 D* f# X
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( a1 W5 S/ M V& @. JFORT 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.6 @* `0 s) T, v. m/ m1 L) X
$ x+ A8 s% i; b% J# A, E# [+ [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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$ g5 c2 M5 P F! l4 H" fThe 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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3 z) u+ }9 Z I7 ^) D1 _Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River. V, {7 q. L. [, Q
2 u e* s. k; q+ BMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.: F" |6 {8 b6 l$ |3 H
6 }0 ], R( d" L- F& D) fThe 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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