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Suncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river. `+ [" | y. T
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' Q& C) B1 s& X: nBy The Canadian Press
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& t; v o1 }, b! \" 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.- {- w( k, P. E7 E& x1 C+ y* |+ |
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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.8 h4 }1 S& g. N1 V
! A, A! q( L) m0 cThe 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. W7 s* P) U' _# w( G/ l+ |6 C5 G
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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.
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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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