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* f% s5 o0 T9 ? ~$ TSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river! G* U# V- Q& b
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* s: t7 v% f9 ~0 K/ u4 o) WBy The Canadian Press# I+ e- n. i& C W+ 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.5 b, K/ M8 }/ M: ?
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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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) v8 _& y& l8 D; `; |/ ZThe 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.$ \# n2 J, d. ?
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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.: W. e6 C ~- b- D
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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.* _ z( [" N1 t. f4 J3 `/ q
1 w$ }4 X5 r2 C k" n- xThe 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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