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: _- b" ~' i! B) j6 I# n& b+ eSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river6 [3 d! h9 h7 W# r ?5 e
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/ _" I* |0 s" BBy The Canadian Press' ]! o, c( h/ C: i0 ~# m" r# \
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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.
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& r; l$ [2 `$ C& t' d) pThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants.0 U l9 ^9 a+ E% w q9 [
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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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" C7 k! n! y$ w. i REnvironment 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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/ P1 }8 M' [1 }' NMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.8 h' e8 ^0 R: c
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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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