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* f. B' O6 v# J( V* HSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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5 J+ J* o y3 K8 hBy The Canadian Press
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3 m0 E h+ W6 V/ m0 |# D. ]" nFORT 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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% T/ E$ H6 I5 v5 ]! D+ }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.) o/ r+ ?1 c( z# z3 u: `4 W( h
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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.# u: K5 X% a3 b9 Y' f3 p
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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.7 X; U1 j0 G- O! U0 ~4 d" K
" b2 s& O; C. w; b- nMcCabe 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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