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, q9 \5 ]7 ~) U7 ~ c: n6 q$ o. _Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river0 [# X3 M" ^) x0 W
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6 n( x; G+ {) d" M! r( hBy The Canadian Press- F) @& d: `4 S( Z) O/ R
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& J, W4 N$ W- b0 y& }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.6 k7 O/ r) n/ N. w3 H* v, l) l+ w
1 M# F2 m3 m7 R& N" C3 IThe 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# B! m' m% ~! @& B$ [+ fEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.+ M3 I1 T/ Q# @8 v: [" `8 N# O
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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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