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& w5 ]/ A/ e. g3 tSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 k5 N C' s$ P$ S! BBy The Canadian Press
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0 b5 n4 }/ T, S* c- 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 _9 {5 j- y Q$ `, g6 j. ^
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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.2 `/ X0 ^* _# I( W/ M; f) m1 X( F' j
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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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6 J4 v( \( D. I' w9 S. aMcCabe 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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( ?/ d7 c6 x! b$ cThe 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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