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* \' T& Q; `/ tSuncor facing charges after partially-treated sewage dumped into Alberta river
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5 X+ e! h, a- K% ?* t# H! QBy The Canadian Press2 H+ [/ s( r+ i7 }+ x5 m! c, G: M) n
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& ^, H0 m& K o8 Q/ F/ 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.
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8 B$ v' _ }$ I! y! rThe 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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, e6 e8 `6 N& r+ x7 J, q, [4 K' l( WThe 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.; D8 W& F: n4 n. ~/ 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.: q7 X6 a2 v& k2 {& b9 `
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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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1 V9 N: x' b1 C/ R, W) O& {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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