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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river5 u# P5 N* |; }
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) F3 Y1 y$ M, u% }. U5 TBy 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., `# q+ t$ c x* J, a- j' x
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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.. _9 Y; \1 L3 P& s4 h
+ Z" n; y+ w5 x2 U4 G4 S& ZThe 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., S( q% W, D" z' @5 ] d
- T1 M) {$ L! c j& v/ G5 RMcCabe 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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