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( V; B, ? G) Y. gSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" @+ ^6 ?4 I1 p! r
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By The Canadian Press% Y+ i3 c9 Q8 p# v1 s
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: D0 y' \! C Q+ y3 Z6 A1 hFORT 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.3 L! i V8 o' x& {- @& o0 \: P0 n
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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.
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& {, n) A; C+ E0 W ~% C: Y; HThe 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.
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" B2 \( M( V& r" p ~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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