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( ]' v4 t) _1 jSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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* ?. y1 q; y$ L# k# s" `9 O EBy The Canadian Press
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) S, S5 z0 k" v7 k4 v5 wFORT 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.6 M; L& T% A* v& j$ e, K5 G- C
0 X8 `- X4 N1 q3 s# n/ X- |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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% K- t O3 R- U7 d- {- A9 jThe 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.' W3 D/ k0 C# `. i* E1 z# ]0 h
( `$ r5 }% z0 [' ?2 dMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.. g) |+ Q, t3 @1 S
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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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