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# k7 Q8 _) p; g' b$ TSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river" G! C" e3 T2 f- N4 @. o8 S
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& S$ u. |9 x7 B9 F! eBy 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.3 }' t) ]3 Z/ V; z
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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.
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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.) f8 L1 _7 Q, }9 h& e# g# d- x
( ?+ y9 b1 p: {* f$ ZEnvironment 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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6 A( j0 z: G( l( {0 }9 R$ a5 r) SMcCabe and Compass are refusing comment, but a Suncor spokesman says the sewage likely had very little impact on the water quality in the river.: a" y6 v: u$ Q/ D2 V; N
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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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