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( _% y$ L% z; S' M8 CSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press+ t3 ?% P- M2 f+ Z0 F4 Y
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' C% g- j) t: S5 rFORT 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.0 @8 u: @8 h( ]4 J v6 n; A- |
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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.4 Z* j5 H1 u+ [$ {, s) 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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Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.$ d4 g4 G B+ q
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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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