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N- J0 H n/ o* K( p- }9 J; jSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river/ f( o2 t; a, T; t
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By The Canadian Press
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0 v8 w0 F6 g. o8 e4 X6 s- @8 S. mFORT 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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1 Y6 z3 ?5 l6 a# a5 ]2 d% _6 KThe contractors charged are the Compass Group of Canada, which ran the camps, and Rodney McCabe, whose now-defunct company operated the two wastewater plants., T# |. w) k2 h; h! Z# r
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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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6 {7 T* @! @" i) KEnvironment Minister Rob Renner says the charges were laid after a routine audit found problems with the sewage discharge into the Athabasca River.6 L# K+ t% P. a2 O
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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.
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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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