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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river4 t4 m) v9 E( W; _$ q
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w, }) Z$ A9 ^5 U9 T! H+ G0 y' XBy The Canadian Press
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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. P. ^% Q. G2 I2 ^
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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.* W8 N: E. |9 c* x: _
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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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) E6 p- j+ K# `1 Y1 L: ?# v9 v: {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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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.7 G$ }9 i N% V( @1 w
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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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