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$ n/ J9 c, X4 C- c6 HSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river* v' a5 v" m6 `3 `# r% \* s) l
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By The Canadian Press% ^9 {& A6 B! J8 m/ w0 r- D
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1 T2 [# ~- \! }( aFORT 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.
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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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! P; J C/ @/ s5 [1 M; u: H9 W6 xEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.8 \7 N- G3 |3 Z5 u
3 ^5 p4 C: V( E- ~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.' K% e; |" c& r7 G
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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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