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, A( V/ J! E5 m, e/ u& a3 ZSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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1 `3 M$ O5 x& p0 @/ x) A. @By The Canadian Press% I# m: ?: v4 V* `8 s
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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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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.8 X4 V4 G" T% [
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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.9 F7 Z: r1 p& y- E8 c4 z
3 Y9 p a; f$ p% B1 L$ `Environment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.. J7 V" h& F2 N% i
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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.: }8 ^$ C! L/ |) O7 s& 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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