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5 j7 g3 R" M: f, i$ X( D- ^/ bSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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By The Canadian Press* m) n9 E* u$ ^1 W1 X, T
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/ a7 t9 k+ Q2 l) l3 EFORT 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.. K, G$ b! B2 m( D
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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.+ E O6 }/ r; C1 n/ ~
& d* s- c( F9 }: o7 u5 O! U2 TThe 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.
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q8 d! e8 O2 `: ?0 I8 N- ~, F0 AMcCabe 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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