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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river. e/ f7 f& `( C& h) `' Q0 \0 D
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2 p4 w+ ^: s: UBy The Canadian Press; W; S* ~" u" q# b% p
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+ ]2 [6 d+ {: S' r6 Y, K4 ?6 {% q: wFORT 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.
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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.
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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.) s1 s$ l% a+ M, ~3 W) |! j3 `
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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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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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