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$ K% x2 \8 `! b* ]$ tSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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% R/ B. r, t: p5 o: n9 v2 kBy The Canadian Press- \- a" s) H. }4 Y7 \ H8 y
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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.: e7 U8 I3 t) z' q! n& G/ W# j7 U3 `
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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.+ t0 a% f1 k! A
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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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# D* ^/ t+ q3 K) ?7 kEnvironment 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.* x; |! j; x( D. [. A- ^& l
b' L1 k( P2 E7 }3 lThe 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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