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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river; H! t) v4 I+ U' S+ O+ W
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' J: U, ?2 P4 [! k1 u) g/ B) A0 }9 mBy The Canadian Press
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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.7 e2 c2 N, z- \
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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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. s7 h n5 f* ^+ ? }9 v! U2 V3 wThe 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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: y0 W, q/ o9 f# L+ w5 x; l$ [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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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.2 Z; C, P+ P$ \
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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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