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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river9 C# `# o. c$ a8 E+ d2 `& X) s4 m
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$ j: f- A" c/ X) x4 J8 fBy The Canadian Press
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6 X _7 N8 Z# u, g9 m$ x7 Q! OFORT 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.. j; O6 |" ~: Y- H+ p
3 x0 d- G$ H* `$ bThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants. D! R- k8 W* Z
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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.6 ~+ N5 J7 T- Z
$ V/ }1 @1 ]/ p* w% n) @) yMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.& X# `) H, V9 }- A( O) `/ t% p
1 W$ X! q# |0 O1 O' Q% z( r5 cThe 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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